| 单词 | to bawl one's head off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bawl one's head off intransitive. Originally of an infant or young child: to cry noisily and forcefully; to scream. Later also more generally: to weep loudly and uncontrollably; to wail. Also transitive, esp. in hyperbolic phrases such as to bawl one's eyes out, to bawl one's head off. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > scream or shriek screama1200 shrikec1200 shreamc1230 shritcha1250 scritcha1300 squeala1300 skrike1340 skirlc1400 wrawlc1440 sharmc1485 screak?a1500 shrighta1542 shriek1567 screech1577 waul1601 bawl1605 squall1688 skreigh1718 screel1730 skelloch1808 squalino1810 to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828 rescream1858 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > copiously to weep one's fill or bellyfula1290 to weep out one's eyes heartc1290 forweepa1375 to weep full a streeta1413 to cry (also weep, etc.) one's eyes outa1450 bawl1605 cry1705 to cry (also sob, weep, etc.) one's heart out1732 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > noisily blubberc1400 bawl1605 bubble1727 boo-hoo1833 blowter1851 1605 N. Breton Olde Mans Lesson sig. E3v When the childe bawles in the Cradle, the wife brawles at the table. 1690 Royal Voy. i. ii. sig. C Finding one of their Brats..bawling for Meat. 1738 J. F. Fritsch tr. G. de Lairesse Art of Painting iii. i. 129 Who can entertain his Friend..where a Child is bawling? 1771 T. Nugent tr. B. Cellini Life II. 242 He..held me fast with his little hands, at the same time crying and bawling so loud, that it was something surprising in an infant. 1851 Godey's Lady's Bk. Jan. 36/2 Do hush, baby, will ye? Tuddy, tuddy, how he bawls! 1899 Roland (Iowa) Rec. 12 May The little girl nearly bawled her eyes out because she could not have more than one. 1913 Oxf. (Indiana) Gaz. 26 Dec. The old-fashioned woman who used a whole gingham apron to cry in now has a daughter who gets..comfort out of bawling into a linen postage stamp. 1985 Irish Times 22 Apr. 1/6 A three-year-old boy who fell just short of the line which he crossed..bawling his head off. 2012 A. Watson With Love xviii. 63 I was very weepy... I took many drives out in the rural areas..to bawl. < as lemmas |
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