[VERB 动词]叹气;叹息;深呼气 When you sigh, you let out a deep breath, as a way of expressing feelings such as disappointment, tiredness, or pleasure.
[V prep/adv]
[V]
Michael sighed wearily...
迈克尔疲惫地叹了口气。
Roberta sighed with relief...
罗伯塔松了口气。
Dad sighed and stood up.
爸爸叹了口气站了起来。
Sigh is also a noun.
She kicked off her shoes with a sigh...
她深深地呼了口气,踢掉了鞋子。
Prue heaved a weary sigh.
普吕疲倦地叹了口气。
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[VERB 动词]叹着气说;叹息道 If you sigh something, you say it with a sigh.
[V with quote]
'Oh, sorry. I forgot.' — 'Everyone forgets,' the girl sighed.
“哦,对不起,我忘了。”——“每个人都有忘事的时候,”那女孩叹着气说道。
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[VERB 动词](风)发出叹息般的声音,悲鸣 If the wind sighs through a place, it moves through the place with a sound like a sigh.
[V prep]
[LITERARY 文]
The wind sighed through the valley.
风在山谷里呼啸而过。
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[PHRASE 短语]松了口气;如释重负 If people breathe or heave a sigh of relief, they feel happy that something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.
[sigh inflects]
There was a big sigh of relief once the economic reform plan was agreed...
经济改革计划一获批准,人们都大大舒了一口气。
There was an audible sigh of relief in Washington when the foreign ministers decided to postpone the meeting.
各国外长决定推迟会议后,华盛顿如释重负。
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sigh/saɪ; NAmEsaɪ/
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sighsighssighedsighingverb1[intransitive ]to take and then let out a long deep breath that can be heard, to show that you are disappointed, sad, tired, etc. 叹气;叹息◆He sighed deeplyat the thought. 想到这里,他深深叹了口气。sighwith sth ◆She sighed with reliefthat it was all over. 事情总算全都过去了,她轻松地舒了一口气。2[transitive ]+ speechto say sth with a sigh叹着气说;叹息道◆‘Oh well, better luck next time,’ she sighed.“唉,就这样了,但愿下一次运气好些。”她叹息道。3[intransitive ]( literary) (especially of the wind 尤指风)to make a long sound like a sigh悲鸣nounan act or the sound of sighing叹气;叹息◆to give/heave/let out a sigh发出叹息◆a deep sigh深深的叹息◆‘I'll wait,’ he said with a sigh.“我就等呗。”他叹口气说。◆We all breathed a sigh of reliefwhen it was over. 事情过去后,我们大家都松了一口气。sigh/saɪ; NAmEsaɪ/
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sigh1 verb
sigh2 noun
sighsigh1 /saɪ/ ●●○ verb [intransitive]
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1to breathe in and out making a long sound, especially because you are bored, disappointed, tired etc: ‘Well, there’s nothing we can do about it now,’ she sighed.sigh heavily/deeply Frankie stared out of the window and sighed deeply.sigh with He sighed with despair at the thought of all the opportunities he had missed.► see thesaurus at
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2 literary if the wind sighs, it makes a long sound like someone sighing: The wind sighed in the trees.3sigh for something to be sad because you are thinking about a pleasant time in the past: Emilia sighed for her lost youth.
sigh1 verb
sigh2 noun
sighsigh2 ●●○ noun [countable]
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an act or sound of sighingsigh of She let out a sigh of impatience.give/let out/heave a sigh Laura shrugged, and gave a heavy sigh. We all breathed a sigh of relief when we heard they were safe.COLLOCATIONSverbsgive/let out a sigh· She let out a sigh of disappointment.heave a sigh (=to sigh loudly and deeply)· Uncle Walter heaved a sigh and slumped back in his chair.breathe a sigh of relief· When he had left, Miranda breathed a sigh of relief.adjectivesa deep sigh· Jimmy gave a deep sigh and shrugged.a long sigh· With a long sigh, she tried to shake off her sombre mood.a huge/great/big sigh· She heaved a great sigh.a heavy sigh (=a big sad sigh)· Finally, she turned away from the mirror with a heavy sigh.a little/small sigh· Quinn let out a little sigh and closed the book.a weary sigh· With a weary sigh, she rubbed a hand over her eyes.an audible sigh (=a sigh that can be heard)· Tonight she breathed an audible sigh of relief as the show ended.a collective sigh (=a sigh that many people give at the same time)· She heard a collective sigh of relief as she announced her acceptance.phrasesa sigh of relief/exasperation/satisfaction etc· At last the girl stopped eating and sat back with a sigh of satisfaction.
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