cry1 /kraɪ/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (cried, crying) 1 produce tears 流泪 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBH to produce tears from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt 哭,哭泣 Don’t cry, Laura. It’ll be OK. 不要哭,劳拉,没事的。
Upstairs, a baby began to cry. 楼上有个婴儿开始哭起来。
Jamie looked like he’d been crying. 杰米看上去好像哭过了。
I just couldn’t stop crying. 我就是哭个不停。
That film always makes me cry. 那部影片总是让我落泪。
cry over/about I am too old to be crying over some young guy. 我已过了会为一个小伙子伤心哭泣的年纪了。
cry with/in She felt like crying with frustration. 她沮丧得直想哭。
cry for She could hear him crying for his mother. 她听到他在哭着要妈妈。
cry your eyes/heart out (=be extremely sad and cry a lot) 眼睛都哭红了/哭得伤心欲绝
Oliver, alone, began to cry bitterly (=cry a lot). 奥利弗独自一人,开始伤心地哭了。
cry yourself to sleep (=cry until you fall asleep) 哭到睡着
2 say loudly 大声说 [transitiveT] writtenSHOUT to shout or say something loudly 喊叫 SYN cry out ‘Stop!’ she cried. “停下!”她喊道。
It was painful, and made me cry aloud. 这很痛,痛得我大叫起来。
cry to ‘Goodbye then!’ he cried to her. “那么再见了!”他向她喊道。
cry for I could hear voices crying for help. 我听到求救的呼喊声。
3 cry over spilt milk REGRET/FEEL SORRYto waste time feeling sorry about an earlier mistake or problem that cannot be changed 作无益的悔恨 It’s no use crying over spilt milk. 木已成舟,哭也无用。
cry over spilt milk• It is now too late to cry over spilt milk.• It was disappointing, to say the least, but there's no point crying over spilt milk.• Nora Simpson didn't believe in crying over spilt milk. 4 for crying out loud spokenANNOY used when you feel annoyed or impatient with someone 岂有此理;天哪〔用于感到厌烦或不耐烦时〕 For crying out loud, stop nagging! 够了,别再嘀咕个没完!
for crying out loud• It's right in front of you, for crying out loud.• A Ford sedan, the very symbol of middle-class moderation, offers electrically heated outside mirrors, for crying out loud.• Julian Tavarez is a middle reliever, for crying out loud.• The long lie is over Shake yourself for crying out loud.• When I were a lad, we used that sort of grunt in our toasters, for crying out loud.• Forget it, Rory, for crying out loud forget it. 5 cry foul to protest because you think something is wrong or not fair 抱怨,埋怨 When the ads appeared, it was the Democrats’ turn to cry foul. 广告刊登以后,就轮到民主党抗议了。
6 animals/birds 动物/鸟类 [intransitiveI]HBLOW SOUND OR VOICE if animals or birds cry, they make a loud sound 〔动物〕大声叫;〔鸟〕鸣叫 I could hear gulls crying and the soft whisper of the sea. 我听到海鸥在鸣叫,大海在低语。
7. cry wolf LIE/TELL A LIEto ask for help when you do not need it, so that people do not believe you when you really need help 喊狼来了;谎报险情,发假警报 8. cry into your beer informalSAD/UNHAPPY to feel too much pity for yourself, especially because you think you have been treated unfairly 〔尤因受不公正待遇而〕感到十分委屈 9 cry off phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE CHANGE YOUR MINDto say that you cannot do something that you have already promised to do 取消承诺,变卦 → cancel Leah and I were going to go to Morocco together, but at the last moment she cried off. 利娅和我原打算一起去摩洛哥,但到最后一刻她变卦了。
10 cry out phrasal verbphr v a) SHOUTto make a loud sound of fear, shock, pain etc 〔由于害怕 震惊、疼痛等而〕大声喊叫 in/with Even the smallest movement made him cry out in pain. 哪怕是轻轻一动都会痛得他大叫起来。
John tightened his grip until she cried out. 约翰抓得紧紧的,直到她痛得大声喊叫。
b)SAY LOUDLY 大声说 SHOUTto shout or say something loudly 大声呼喊;大声说 ‘Why are you doing this?’ she cried out suddenly. “你为什么要这么做?”她突然大叫道。
for I felt too terrified to even cry out for help. 我害怕得连呼救都喊不出来。
c) be crying out for something informalNEED to need something urgently 迫切需要某物 The kitchen is crying out for a coat of paint. 厨房急需油漆一遍。
My parents had divorced and I was crying out for love. 父母离婚了,我迫切需要得到关爱。
cry out• Chris fell, crying out in pain.• "Careful!" she cried out. "There's a snake!" → not know whether to laugh or cry at laugh1(3), → cry for the moon at moon1(4), → a shoulder to cry on at shoulder1(5)n COLLOCATIONSverbsstart/begin to cryShe suddenly started to cry.
make somebody cryThe end of the book was so sad that it made me cry.
stop cryingEventually, he stopped crying and told me what happened.
phrasesfeel like cryingI feel like crying every time I think about that day.
cry your eyes/heart out (=be extremely sad and cry a lot)Lucy read the letter and cried her eyes out.
cry like a baby (=cry a lot and without control)I cried like a baby when I heard the news.
cry yourself to sleep (=cry until you fall asleep)That night he cried himself to sleep.
adverbscry loudlyShe fell on her bed, crying loudly.
cry quietly/softlyPeople sat crying softly among the wreckage.
cry silentlyWhen I looked at Jane, I saw that she was crying silently.
cry bitterly (=because you feel angry or hurt)I no longer felt brave or strong, and I began to cry bitterly.
cry uncontrollably (=without being able to stop)They were crying uncontrollably at the sight of his grave.
THESAURUScry to produce tears from your eyes 哭,哭泣Don’t cry – everything will be all right! 别哭,一切都会好起来的!
Men aren’t supposed to cry. 男人是不能哭的。
cry your eyes out especially spoken to cry a lot and for a long time 眼睛都哭红了I cried my eyes out when I watched ‘Titanic’. 我在看《泰坦尼克号》的时候眼睛都哭红了。
be in tears to be crying 在哭泣By the end of his story, we were all in tears. 他的故事讲到结尾时,我们大家都泪流满面。
be close to tears to be almost crying 快要哭了You could see that she was close to tears. 你可以看出她都快哭了。
weep literary to cry, especially for a long time 〔尤指长时间地〕哭泣His mother put her head on the table and wept. 他母亲把头靠在桌子上哭泣。
sob to cry, taking sudden loud breaths 啜泣,抽噎I could hear someone sobbing in the next room. 我听到隔壁房间有人在抽抽搭搭地哭。
wail /weɪl/ to cry very loudly in a high voice 大声号哭The baby started wailing for its mother. 宝宝开始大声哭着要妈妈。
whimper /ˈwɪmpə $ -ər/ to cry quietly and weakly 轻声抽泣She began rocking to and fro, whimpering softly. 她开始前后摇着身体,呜呜地轻声抽泣。
hold/fight back the tears to make a big effort not to cry 忍住泪水She told her story, struggling to hold back the tears. 她强忍着泪水叙述她的遭遇。
your eyes water if your eyes water, they have tears in them, for example because of smoke, wind, or when you are cutting onions 〔因为烟、风,或切洋葱时〕流眼泪The onions were making my eyes water. 洋葱呛得我眼睛直流泪。
to start crying 开始哭泣burst into tears to suddenly start crying 〔突然〕哭起来The man shouted at her and she burst into tears. 那男人对她叫嚷,她哭了起来。
break down to start crying after trying hard not to cry, especially when talking about something very upsetting 忍不住哭出来He broke down and begged for forgiveness. 他失声痛哭,乞求原谅。
nWhen I saw what had happened to him, I just broke down and cried.