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单词 tearful
释义
tearfultear‧ful /ˈtɪəfəl $ ˈtɪr-/ (also teary informal) adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a tearful goodbye
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Few people watching the tearful, scruffily-dressed woman burst through the court doors to freedom would have recognised her as a countess.
  • For some fans, it wasn't enough to leave trinkets and pictures scrawled with tearful goodbye messages in just one place.
  • He smiled at her, trying to look comforting; he was feeling almost as tearful himself.
  • Once again he listened calmly to her tearful pleas, and once again Scott refused to walk out on the station and join Annabel.
  • Once in bed she felt unable to move at all and became tearful.
  • She had a tearful reunion with her parents, Alan and Audrey, who stayed at the hospital overnight.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=full of tears)· Bethan’s eyes grew moist as she talked about her family.
(=feeling that you want to cry)· As she left a village, people waved at her with tearful eyes.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivetearfultearynountearadverbtearfully
someone who is tearful is crying a little, or almost crying:  a tearful farewelltearfully adverb:  She looked at me tearfully.
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