2[transitiveT] (also sob out)SAY to say something while you are sobbing 哭诉,呜咽着说
‘It’s too late, ’ she sobbed.
“太晚了。”她呜咽道。
—sob noun [countableC]
loud sobs
大声的啜泣
Examples from the Corpus
sob• "Please don't leave me, " he sobbed.• As she stumbled along the path, she began to sob.• The sound of her sobbing kept them awake all night.• Manny, leaning against the side of the building, was holding Maryellen, who was sobbing loudly.• Her parents were there, sobbing painfully, her younger brother, and older sister.• She started to sob, slowly at first, then harsher.• But Denver was shaking now and sobbing so she could not speak.• Hysterically light with fear, I ran sobbing to my room.• Leyland was sitting beside me, and he was sobbing, too.• My mother was sobbing uncontrollably.• The child covered her face with her hands and started to sob uncontrollably.• The sobbing woman is out of order, embarrassing, unreasonable.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SOB | SOB + VERB | SOB + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, deep, great止不住的抽噎;低沉的嗚咽▸➤little, small一小陣的啜泣▸➤loud大聲的嗚咽➤quiet, silent, soft輕聲的啜泣;無聲的啜泣▸➤choked, hoarse, muffled, stifled, strangled哽咽;聲音嘶啞的嗚咽;壓抑的抽噎▸➤choking, gasping, heaving, racking, shuddering抽噎;泣不成聲;抽泣;痛苦的抽噎;顫抖的啜泣◇I couldn't hold back the heaving sobs.我忍不住抽泣。➤dry無淚的抽噎VERB + SOB➤give, let out嗚咽➤break (down) into, burst into突然嗚咽起來;開始抽泣◇My father broke down into sobs.我父親突然嗚咽起來。➤be racked by, be racked with, heave with, shake with哭得一抽一抽的;抽噎得全身發抖◇Her body was racked with sobs.她哭得全身抽搐。➤choke back, hold back, muffle, stifle抑制住抽噎◇Choking back a sob, she ran to her father's chair.她忍住抽噎,向父親坐的椅子跑去。➤hear聽見嗚咽聲SOB + VERB➤break from sb/sth, come from, escape sb/sth⋯嗚咽起來;⋯不由得開始抽泣◇A sob escaped her lips.她不禁嗚咽起來。➤rise發出抽泣聲◇A choked sob rose in his throat.他的喉嚨哽咽了。➤catch哽咽◇A dry sob caught in her throat.她喉嚨哽咽哭不出聲來。➤rack sth, shake sth嗚咽使⋯抽搐;抽泣使⋯顫抖◇Deep racking sobs shook his whole body.他哭得昏天黑地,全身顫抖。➤subside嗚咽漸消SOB + NOUN➤story(旨在博取同情或憐憫的)傷感故事◇You can't expect me to believe this sob story!你別指望我會相信這個傷感故事!PREPOSITION➤between sobs邊抽泣邊⋯◇'I don't want to go!' she said between sobs.她邊抽泣邊說:“我不想去!”➤on a sob抽噎着◇Ellen choked on a sob before admitting the truth.埃倫哽咽着承認這是真的。➤through sobs抽噎着◇He continued his story through stifled sobs.他哽咽着繼續講他的故事。➤with a sob啜泣着◇'Why didn't you tell me?' she asked with a sob.她啜泣着問道:“你為什麼不告訴我?”➤sob from⋯發出的嗚咽聲◇a sob from George喬治發出的嗚咽聲PHRASES➤a sob of despair, a sob of pain, a sob of relief絕望的抽泣;痛苦的啜泣;寬慰的抽噎◇a great sob of despair絕望的不停抽泣➡ note at soundsob
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ADVERB | VERB + SOB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤aloud抽噎出聲▸➤loudly大聲啜泣▸➤quietly, silently, softly默默抽泣;無聲地嗚咽;輕聲抽噎▸➤hysterically, uncontrollably, wildly歇斯底里地哭泣;控制不住地抽噎;放聲大哭▸➤almost幾乎要哭出來◇He was pleading, almost sobbing, first silently and then aloud.他懇求着,幾乎要哭出來了,起先無聲嗚咽,後來抽噎出聲。VERB + SOB➤begin to, start to開始抽泣◇He began to sob uncontrollably.他禁不住抽噎起來。➤hear sb聽到某人啜泣◇I heard a child sob loudly.我聽到有個孩子在嗚嗚地哭。PREPOSITION➤into藏進⋯裏抽泣◇She began sobbing into her pillow.她把臉埋進枕頭裏哭了起來。➤with因⋯抽泣◇She was sobbing with pain and fear.她又痛又怕,抽泣起來。PHRASES➤sob your heart out很傷心地哭泣➤begin sobbing, start sobbing開始哭泣◇She started sobbing hysterically.她歇斯底里地大哭起來。