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单词 weeper
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Definition of weeper in English:

weeper

noun ˈwiːpəˈwipər
  • 1A person who weeps.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The screams of terror, cries of agony, were now replaced by despairing wails and echoing voices of mournful weepers.
    • Sorry to be such a weeper, but my nerves are clearly overstressed.
    • He considers tears to be gifts from God that demonstrate sorrow and compel others to have compassion for the weeper.
    • I'm not a weeper, generally speaking, but yesterday I wept freely.
    • Isn't there some saying about finder's keeper, loser weeper?
    • Ivy wasn't much of a weeper - she only let it out if the situation was really grave - but her voice was enough to indicate her hopelessness.
    • For all the crushed weepers, there are those who take it on the chin.
    • President George W Bush, his brothers and their father are big weepers, according to the American writer Kitty Kelley.
    • The most famous early modern weeper was the sixteenth-century Spaniard Ignatius of Loyola, whose copious tears filled the pages of his Spiritual Diary.
    1. 1.1historical A hired mourner at a funeral.
    2. 1.2 A small image of a mourner on a monument.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He not show flashings and weepers in his drawings.
      • He invented a particular tomb format whereby the deceased was guaranteed eternal mourning by the sculpted weepers that surrounded the sarcophagus.
  • 2North American

    another term for weepy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a real weeper, with David Powlett-Jones gradually coming to terms with the loss of Beth and the twins.
    • There is a wonderful old weeper called Penny Serenade.
    • The formula in brief: mid-tempo rockers and acoustic weepers with tasteful violin, banjo or other country accoutrements.
    • The earnest weeper E.T. became the highest-grossing film of all time.
    • Given the theme - children separated from their parents - Kindertransport could easily have been a multi-hankie weeper.
    • The two real weepers that stand out for me are White Palace with Susan Sarandon, and Ghost.
    • I draw the line at sappy actionless weepers, though.
    • Jurado comes off like the Springsteen of indie rock, utilizing his ragged throat and commanding presence for both hooky rockers and solemn weepers.
  • 3weepershistorical Mourning clothes, in particular a man's crape hatband or a widow's black crape veil and white cuffs.

  • 4weepersdated Long side whiskers worn without a beard.

Rhymes

Arequipa, beeper, bleeper, creeper, Dnieper, keeper, leaper, peeper, reaper, sleeper, sweeper
 
 

Definition of weeper in US English:

weeper

nounˈwipərˈwēpər
  • 1A person who weeps.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ivy wasn't much of a weeper - she only let it out if the situation was really grave - but her voice was enough to indicate her hopelessness.
    • President George W Bush, his brothers and their father are big weepers, according to the American writer Kitty Kelley.
    • Isn't there some saying about finder's keeper, loser weeper?
    • I'm not a weeper, generally speaking, but yesterday I wept freely.
    • The most famous early modern weeper was the sixteenth-century Spaniard Ignatius of Loyola, whose copious tears filled the pages of his Spiritual Diary.
    • For all the crushed weepers, there are those who take it on the chin.
    • The screams of terror, cries of agony, were now replaced by despairing wails and echoing voices of mournful weepers.
    • He considers tears to be gifts from God that demonstrate sorrow and compel others to have compassion for the weeper.
    • Sorry to be such a weeper, but my nerves are clearly overstressed.
    1. 1.1historical A hired mourner at a funeral.
    2. 1.2 A small image of a mourner on a monument.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He invented a particular tomb format whereby the deceased was guaranteed eternal mourning by the sculpted weepers that surrounded the sarcophagus.
      • He not show flashings and weepers in his drawings.
  • 2North American

    another term for weepy (noun)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The earnest weeper E.T. became the highest-grossing film of all time.
    • I draw the line at sappy actionless weepers, though.
    • Given the theme - children separated from their parents - Kindertransport could easily have been a multi-hankie weeper.
    • There is a wonderful old weeper called Penny Serenade.
    • The formula in brief: mid-tempo rockers and acoustic weepers with tasteful violin, banjo or other country accoutrements.
    • It was a real weeper, with David Powlett-Jones gradually coming to terms with the loss of Beth and the twins.
    • Jurado comes off like the Springsteen of indie rock, utilizing his ragged throat and commanding presence for both hooky rockers and solemn weepers.
    • The two real weepers that stand out for me are White Palace with Susan Sarandon, and Ghost.
  • 3weepershistorical Funeral garments, in particular a man's crepe hatband worn or a widow's black crepe veil and white cuffs.

 
 
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