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单词 crying
释义
crying1 adjectivecrying2 noun
cryingcry‧ing1 /ˈkraɪ-ɪŋ/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Dot had heard Mrs Parvis say that it was a crying shame, a young fit man like that.
  • This final aching agony had auburn hair, grey eyes, multiple sclerosis and a sick dislike of crying babies.
  • Without my exercise, I was a crying wreck.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 There is a crying need for doctors.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Within minutes he had the whole audience laughing and clapping.
(=a very urgent need)· There’s a crying need for more doctors and nurses.
 It was a crying shame that they lost the game.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· There is a crying need for an international insolvency convention.
· Dot had heard Mrs Parvis say that it was a crying shame, a young fit man like that.· In the context of the world today, it seems a crying shame.· It's a crying shame to cover up your body.· It was a crying shame to see those grounds neglected.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • It would be a crying shame if high ticket prices kept people away from baseball games.
  • It's a crying shame to cover up your body.
  • There is a crying need for an international insolvency convention.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • At that point I burst out laughing.
  • Charles didn't respond and after a frozen pause, she collapsed into a chair and burst out crying.
  • He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing - until he burst out laughing.
  • I came down the steps of the Ashbery that morning and burst out laughing at the heat.
  • I said and burst out crying.
  • Julie, surprised, burst out laughing.
  • The whole group bursts out laughing.
  • The woman and children burst out laughing again, getting up from the table and crowding round me.
  • I had an incredible crying jag.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnouncrycryingoutcryadjectivecryingverbcry
1it’s a crying shame spoken used to say that something is very sad or upsetting:  It would be a crying shame if the village shop closed down.2crying need for something a serious need for something:  There is a crying need for doctors.
crying1 adjectivecrying2 noun
cryingcrying2 noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Another child makes the family wretched with his crying for the better part of an hour.
  • Maternity blues linked to platelet receptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression, accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.
  • Nina was in the kitchen, her face red with crying, her eyes swollen.
  • There are reports of links between crying and urticaria, a rash resembling nettle rash.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Within minutes he had the whole audience laughing and clapping.
(=a very urgent need)· There’s a crying need for more doctors and nurses.
 It was a crying shame that they lost the game.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • At that point I burst out laughing.
  • Charles didn't respond and after a frozen pause, she collapsed into a chair and burst out crying.
  • He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing - until he burst out laughing.
  • I came down the steps of the Ashbery that morning and burst out laughing at the heat.
  • I said and burst out crying.
  • Julie, surprised, burst out laughing.
  • The whole group bursts out laughing.
  • The woman and children burst out laughing again, getting up from the table and crowding round me.
  • I had an incredible crying jag.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnouncrycryingoutcryadjectivecryingverbcry
when someone produces tears from their eyes, usually because they are unhappy or hurt:  As he neared her tent he heard the sound of crying.
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