cry
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they cry | |
| he / she / it cries | |
| past simple cried | |
| past participle cried | |
| -ing form crying |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to produce tears from your eyes because you are unhappy or hurt 哭；哭泣 It's all right. Don't cry. 不要紧，别哭了。 I just couldn't stop crying. 我哭得停不下来。 The little boy fell over and started to cry. 小男孩摔倒后哭了起来。 - cry for somebody/something
The baby was crying for (= because it wanted) its mother. 婴儿哭着要妈妈。 - cry about/over something
There's nothing to cry about. 没有什么值得哭的。 - cry with something
He felt like crying with rage. 他气得想哭。 She threw her arms around his neck crying tears of joy. 她搂住他的脖子，喜极而泣。 He started to cry real tears. 他开始哭出真正的眼泪。 - + speech
‘Waaa!’ she cried. “哇！” 她哭出声来。 - (informal)
I found him crying his eyes out (= crying very much). 我看他哭得很伤心。 That night she cried herself to sleep. 那天晚上她哭着哭着就睡着了。
Vocabulary Building CryCry 表示哭、流泪的词 - To sob means to cry noisily, taking sudden, sharp breaths.
- To wail means to cry in a loud high voice.
- To whimper means to cry making low, weak noises.
- To weep (literary or formal) means to cry quietly for a long time.
‘I don’t want you to go,’ she cried/wailed/sobbed. “我不想你走。” 她哭／号哭／抽噎着说。
- To be in tears means to be crying.
- To burst into tears means to suddenly begin to cry.
- To cry your eyes out means to cry a lot or for a long time, because you are very sad.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa2Anna was almost crying with frustration. 安娜沮丧得几乎要哭了。 Finally he broke down and cried like a baby. 最后他崩溃了，像个小孩一样哭了起来。 He put his head on his arms and cried bitterly. 他把头枕在胳膊上大哭。 I felt like I wanted to cry. 我感觉想哭一场。 I felt like crying when I found out what had happened. 我得知了所发生的事时真想哭。 I wasn't going to waste time crying over him! 我不会浪费时间为他伤心的！ What are you crying about? 你在哭什么？ children who are left to cry alone 被留下独自哭泣的孩子们
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a lot
- hard
- a little
- …
- begin to
- start to
- want to
- …
- about
- for
- over
- …
- cry like a baby
- cry your eyes out
- cry yourself to sleep
- …
- [intransitive, transitive]
to shout loudly 喊叫；呼喊；呼叫 - cry for something
She ran to the window and cried for help. 她跑到窗口呼喊救命。 - + speech
‘You're safe!’ Tom cried in delight. “你安全啦！” 汤姆高兴地大声说道。
Synonyms shoutshout- yell
- cry
- scream
- cheer
- bellow
- raise your voice
- shout to say something in a loud voice; to speak loudly and often angrily to somebody:
Stop shouting and listen! 别嚷了，听着！ ‘Run!’ he shouted. “跑！”他大喊一声。
- yell to shout loudly, for example because you are angry, excited, frightened or in pain:
She yelled at the boy to get down from the wall. 她冲小孩大喊，让他从墙上下来。
- cry (rather formal or literary) to shout loudly:
She ran over to the window and cried for help. 她跑到窗口呼喊救命。
- scream to shout something in a loud high voice because you are afraid, angry or excited:
He screamed at me to stop. 他冲着我大叫，要我停下来。
- cheer (especially of a crowd of people) to shout loudly to show support or praise for somebody, or to encourage them:
We all cheered as the team came onto the field. 球队入场时我们都欢呼起来。
- bellow to shout in a loud deep voice, especially because you are angry:
‘Quiet!’ the teacher bellowed. “安静！”老师大吼道。
- raise your voice to speak loudly to somebody, especially because you are angry:
She never once raised her voice to us. 她从未对我们提高嗓门说话。
- to shout/yell/cry/raise your voice to somebody
- to shout/yell/scream/bellow at somebody
- to shout/yell/cry out/scream/bellow in pain/anguish/rage, etc.
- to shout/cry out/scream for joy/excitement/delight, etc.
- to shout/yell/cry out/scream with excitement/triumph, etc.
- to shout/yell/scream/bellow at somebody to do something
- to shout/yell/scream abuse
- to shout/yell/cry/scream for help
Extra Examples‘Never!’ he cried angrily. “决不！”他愤怒地大声喊道。 ‘What do you mean?’ she cried in agitation. 她激动地大喊，“你什么意思？” ‘Who's there?’ she cried in a shrill voice. 她尖声大喊：“谁在那儿？” She cried for help as the fire spread. 大火蔓延，她呼喊救命。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- out
- suddenly
- …
- want to
- hear somebody
- in
- cry for help
- cry out in anguish, fear, pain
- etc.
- …
- cry for something
- [intransitive]
(of a bird or an animal 鸟或动物 to make a loud noise 发出刺耳的叫声；嗥叫；吠
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘ask for earnestly or loudly’): from Old French crier (verb), cri (noun), from Latin quiritare ‘raise a public outcry’, literally ‘call on the Quirites (Roman citizens) for help’.
Idioms
cry foul
- (informal)
to complain that somebody else has done something wrong or unfair 抱怨；埋怨
cry over spilt milk (British English)
(US English cry over spilled milk)
cry wolf
to call for help when you do not need it, with the result that when you do need it people do not believe you 喊 “狼来了”；谎报险情；发假警报
for crying out loud
laugh till/until you cry
to laugh so long and hard that there are tears in your eyes 笑得流泪；笑出眼泪
not know whether to laugh or cry
- (informal)
to be unable to decide how to react to a bad situation （面对恶劣或不幸情况）不知所措，哭笑不得
a shoulder to cry on
used to describe a person who listens to your problems and gives you sympathy 倾诉的对象 He was a fatherly shoulder to cry on when things went wrong. 当出现问题时，他是一个像父亲一样可以倾诉的人。