weep
verb- [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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1He 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quietly
- silently
- softly
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- begin to
- start to
- want to
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- at
- for
- over
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- break down and weep
- weep and wail
- weep buckets
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- [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。
Word OriginOld English wēpan (verb), of Germanic origin, probably imitative.