weep

verb

/wiːp/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they weep	/wiːp/ /wiːp/
he / she / it weeps	/wiːps/ /wiːps/
past simple wept	/wept/ /wept/
past participle wept	/wept/ /wept/
-ing form weeping	/ˈwiːpɪŋ/ /ˈwiːpɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] (formal or literary) 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 wept (= I was sad enough to cry) thinking about what I'd missed.想到所失去的东西，我真想痛哭一场。
- weep for/with something He wept for joy.他高兴得流泪了。
- weep at/over something I do not weep over his death.他死了我也不哭。
- weep something She wept bitter tears of disappointment.她失望得痛哭流涕。
- weep to do something 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。
- He wanted to weep at the unfairness of it all.面对这不公平的一切，他直想哭。
- He was weeping, in effect, for a lost age of innocence.他实际上是在为失去的纯真年代而哭泣。
- His grandmother was weeping uncontrollably.他祖母哭个不停。
- I felt I could have wept for joy.我感觉要喜极而泣。
- Several of the soldiers broke down and wept.几个士兵忍不住哭了起来。
- She almost wept with happiness.她高兴得几乎要流下泪来。
- The mourners followed the funeral procession, weeping and wailing.哀悼的人们跟在送葬队伍后面，悲声哭泣。
- The people wept openly when his death was announced.宣布他死亡的时候，人们都当众痛哭。
- We had wept over the death of our parents.我们为父母的逝世而流泪。
- weeping for someone who has died为亡者哭泣
Topics Feelingsc1
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- quietly
- silently
- softly
- …
verb + weep
- begin to
- start to
- want to
- …
preposition
- at
- for
- over
- …
phrases
- break down and weep
- weep and wail
- weep buckets
- …
[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。
- His legs were covered with weeping sores (= that had not healed).他的双腿有多处红肿流脓的伤口。

词源Old English wēpan (verb), of Germanic origin, probably imitative.