| 单词 | weep |
| 释义 | weep weep1 /weep/, v. , wept, weeping, n. v.i. 1. to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage. 2. to let fall drops of water or other liquid; drip; leak: The old water tank was weeping at the seams. 3. to exude water or liquid, as soil, a rock, a plant stem, or a sore. v.t. 4. to weep for (someone or something); mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow: He wept his dead brother. 5. to shed (tears); pour forth in weeping: to weep tears of gratitude. 6. to let fall or give forth in drops: trees weeping an odorous gum. 7. to pass, bring, put, etc., to or into a specified condition with the shedding of tears (usually fol. by away, out, etc.): to weep one's eyes out; to weep oneself to sleep. n. 8. weeping, or a fit of weeping. 9. the exudation of water or liquid. [bef. 900; ME wepen, OE wepan to wail; c. Goth wopjan to call, ON aepa to cry out] Syn. 1. sob; wail, lament. 4. bewail, bemoan, lament. Ant. 1. laugh, rejoice. weep2 /weep/, n. Brit. Dial. the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, of Europe. [imit.] |
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