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TOEFL BNC: 5087 COCA: 5709

weep

1 weep /ˈwiːp/ verb
weeps; wept /ˈwɛpt/ ; weeping
1 weep
/ˈwiːp/
verb
weeps; wept /ˈwɛpt/ ; weeping
Learner's definition of WEEP
somewhat formal : to cry because you are very sad or are feeling some other strong emotion哭泣;流泪
[no object]
[+ object]
: to produce a liquid slowly缓慢流下;渗出
[+ object]
[no object]
2 weep /ˈwiːp/ noun
2 weep
/ˈwiːp/
noun
Learner's definition of WEEP
[singular] British
: an act of weeping or a period of time spent weeping哭泣;一阵哭泣
TOEFL BNC: 5087 COCA: 5709

weep

verb

wept ˈwept How to pronounce weep (audio) ; weeping

transitive verb

1
: to express deep sorrow for usually by shedding tears : bewail
weeping the sins and errors of his youth Edward Gibbon
2
: to pour forth (tears) from the eyes
3
: to exude (a fluid) slowly : ooze
a tree weeping sap

intransitive verb

1
: to express passion (such as grief) by shedding tears
2
a
: to give off or leak fluid slowly : ooze
b
of a fluid : to flow sluggishly or in drops
3
: to droop over : bend

Example Sentences

He wept at the news of her death. She sat down and wept. He wept bitter tears of disappointment. The meringue will weep if you put it in the fridge.
Recent Examples on the Web If the Buffalo Bills ever win a Super Bowl, old folks will weep uncontrollably, raising toasts to departed loved ones who cheered the Bills for decades. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Specialist science journalists have hidden themselves in the bathroom to weep quietly. Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 25 July 2022 The result is a pavlova that will collapse in the middle or weep (separate). Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022 This is a movement that once made Tolstoy weep, and the Viano offered a touchingly guileless account, true to the music’s elusive blend of wistful beauty and sadness. Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2022 Mark was sitting in the passenger seat, dazed and quiet and looking over at the state trooper, who had begun to weep. Eli Saslow, Washington Post, 8 June 2013 Any undissolved sugar will absorb water and your meringue may collapse or weep. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022 By contrast, the French word for scarcity, rareté, has so many acoustic kin that an English rhymester could weep, with engagé, écarté, and retardé leading the pack. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 Grown men and women will weep in the streets, but also laugh, because this book is every genre and also an entirely new genre, and that new genre will be named after me. Kathryn Kvas, The New Yorker, 12 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan; akin to Old High German wuoffan to weep, Serbian & Croatian vapiti to cry out

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of weep was before the 12th century
TOEFL BNC: 5087 COCA: 5709
weep

verb

ADVERB | VERB + WEEP | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBquietly, silently, softly輕聲哭泣;默默流淚loudly大聲地哭openly當眾哭泣The people wept openly when his death was announced.宣佈他死亡的時候,人們都當眾痛哭。bitterly痛哭inconsolably, uncontrollably傷心欲絕地哭;止不住地哭His grandmother was weeping uncontrollably.他祖母哭個不停。copiously (especially BrE) 哭成淚人almost, nearly幾乎哭出來a little哭一會兒VERB + WEEPbegin to, start to開始哭泣;哭出來want to想哭make sb使某人哭泣PREPOSITIONat因⋯哭泣He wanted to weep at the unfairness of it all.面對這不公平的一切,他直想哭。for因⋯而哭I felt I could have wept for joy.我感覺要喜極而泣。He was weeping, in effect, for a lost age of innocence.他實際上是在為失去的純真年代而哭泣。over為⋯而哭泣We had wept over the death of our parents.我們為父母的逝世而流淚。with因⋯而哭She almost wept with happiness.她高興得幾乎要流下淚來。PHRASESbreak down and weep禁不住哭起來Several of the soldiers broke down and wept.幾個士兵忍不住哭了起來。weep and wail痛哭流涕The mourners followed the funeral procession, weeping and wailing.哀悼的人們跟在送葬隊伍後面,悲聲哭泣。weep buckets (= weep a lot) (BrE, informal) 淚如雨下

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