| 单词 | weep |
| 释义 | weep (once / 111 pages) v When you weep, you cry. If you're very empathetic, you might start to weep whenever you see other people weep. To shed tears from sadness is to weep. Some people weep rarely, only when they've suffered a true loss or tragedy. Other sensitive souls weep at songs, movies, books, and even sweet stories or pictures. Weep comes from the Old English word wepan, "shed tears or mourn over," which has a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to cry or scream." WORD FAMILYweep: weeped, weeper, weeping, weeps, wept+/weeper: weepers/weeping: weepingly, weepings USAGE EXAMPLESDuring one meeting with the team’s trainers, he wept and begged for help. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Clark tried to look defiant, but her lip twitched, and she began to quietly weep. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) When it ends, it will be the only game after which players from both teams will weep. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) v shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper cry cry bring into a particular state by crying express joy, express mirth, laugh produce laughter mewl, pule, wail, whimper cry weakly or softly bawlcry loudly tearfill with tears or shed tears sobweep convulsively blub, blubber, sniffle, snivel, snufflecry or whine with snuffling express emotion, express feelings give verbal or other expression to one's feelings |
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