The word "weep" has two main meanings: 1. To cry, often due to sadness, and can be used as both a verb and a noun. 2. For a wound, it means to produce liquid or ooze.
The weeping family hugged and comforted each other...
哭泣着的一家人相互拥抱并彼此安慰。
She wept tears of joy.
她喜极而泣.
Weep is also a noun.
There are times when I sit down and have a good weep.
有时候我会坐下来痛痛快快地哭一场。
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[VERB 动词](伤口)流血,渗出液体 If a wound weeps, liquid or blood comes from it because it is not healing properly.
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In severe cases, the skin can crack and weep.
在恶劣的条件下,皮肤可能会开裂并流脓。
...little blisters which develop into weeping sores.
会成为脓疮的小水泡
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weep/wiːp; NAmEwiːp/
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weepweepsweptweepingverb(wept,wept/wept; NAmEwept/)1[intransitive , transitive ]( formalorliterary) to cry, usually because you are sad (通常因悲伤)哭泣,流泪◆She started to weep uncontrollably.她不由自主地哭了起来。◆I could have weptthinking about what I'd missed. 想到所失去的东西,我真想痛哭一场。weepfor/with sth ◆He wept for joy.他高兴得流泪了。weepat/over sth ◆I do not weep over his death.他死了我也不哭。weepsth ◆She wept bitter tears of disappointment.她失望得痛哭流涕。weepto do sth ◆I wept to see him looking so sick.看到他病成那个样子我怆然泪下。+ speech◆‘I'm so unhappy!’ she wept.“我好难过啊!”她哭着说道。2[intransitive ]( usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行时) (of a wound 伤口)to produce liquid 流出,渗出(液体)◆His legs were covered with weeping sores (= sores which had not healed).他的双腿有多处红肿流脓的伤口。noun[singular ]an act of crying 哭泣;落泪◆Sometimes you feel better for a good weep.有时候你痛痛快快哭上一场就会觉得好受些。weep/wiːp; NAmEwiːp/wept/wept; NAmEwept/
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weepweep /wiːp/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle wept /wept/)
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1[intransitive, transitive] formal or literary to cry, especially because you feel very sad: James broke down and wept.weep for She wept for the loss of her mother. He wept bitterly (=cried a lot) when it was time for us to leave.► see thesaurus at
cry
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say cry rather than weep:· She was crying all the way through the movie.2I could have wept spoken used to say that you felt very disappointed about something: I could have wept thinking what I’d missed.3[intransitive] if a wound weeps, liquid comes out of it—weep noun [singular]COLLOCATIONSadverbsopenly· Some of the mourners wept openly.bitterly (=crying hard)· I heard the sound of a woman weeping bitterly.quietly/silently· He was weeping quietly, allowing the tears to run down his cheeks.nounsweep tears· She wept bitter tears of self-reproach.weep buckets informal (=produce a lot of tears)· I didn’t know if she would get well, and I wept buckets every night.phrasesbreak down and weep (=start crying)· As she watched his plane taxi away, she broke down and wept.weep and wail (=cry and make loud sad noises – often used humorously)· The baby wept and wailed all the way through the ceremony.
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[wi:p]wept, weeping, weeps
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weeping[2939] weeps[616] wept[1619]
哭泣(63%),流泪(24%),悲叹(9%),渗出(4%)
n.哭泣;眼泪;滴下
vt.哭泣;流泪;悲叹;流出或渗出液体
vi.哭泣;流泪;哀悼;滴落;渗出液体
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