sob
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they sob | |
| he / she / it sobs | |
| past simple sobbed | |
| past participle sobbed | |
| -ing form sobbing |
- [intransitive]
to cry noisily, taking sudden, sharp breaths 抽噎；啜泣；呜咽 Extra ExamplesShe began sobbing into her pillow. 她把脸埋进枕头里哭了起来。 He was pleading, almost sobbing, first silently and then aloud. 他恳求着，几乎要哭出来了，起先无声呜咽，后来抽噎出声。 She was sobbing with pain and fear. 她又痛又怕，抽泣起来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- loudly
- quietly
- …
- begin to
- start to
- hear somebody
- …
- into
- with
- sob your heart out
- begin sobing
- start sobing
- …
- [transitive]
to say something while you are crying 哭诉；泣诉；抽噎着说 - + speech
‘I hate him,’ she sobbed. “我恨他。” 她抽噎着说。 - sob something (out)
He sobbed out his troubles. 他哭着述说了自己的烦恼。
More Like This Consonant-doubling verbsConsonant-doubling verbs - + speech
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect sabben ‘to suck’.
Idioms
sob your heart out
to cry noisily for a long time because you are very sad 悲切地哭泣；很伤心地哭泣 She flung herself at his chest and sobbed her heart out. 她扑到他的胸口，悲戚地哭起来。