Cry

[kraɪ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a fit of weeping; 'had a good cry'.

(noun.) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; 'the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience'.

(noun.) a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); 'a cry of rage'; 'a yell of pain'.

(noun.) the characteristic utterance of an animal; 'animal cries filled the night'.

(verb.) shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; 'She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death'; 'The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs'.

(verb.) bring into a particular state by crying; 'The little boy cried himself to sleep'.

(verb.) proclaim or announce in public; 'before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news'; 'He cried his merchandise in the market square'.

(verb.) utter a characteristic sound; 'The cat was crying'.

(verb.) demand immediate action; 'This situation is crying for attention'.

埃莉诺校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

(v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.

(v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.

(v. t.) To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.

(v. t.) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.

(v. t.) To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.

(v. t.) to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

(v. i.) A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.

(v. i.) Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.

(v. i.) Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.

(v. i.) Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.

(v. i.) Importunate supplication.

(v. i.) Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.

(v. i.) Common report; fame.

(v. i.) A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.

(v. i.) A pack of hounds.

(v. i.) A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.

(v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

埃迪校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Exclaim, clamor, call, make an outcry, cry out.[2]. Weep, sob, shed tears.[3]. Vociferate, shout, hoot, yell, roar, bawl, squall, scream.

v. a. Proclaim, publish, make public, make proclamation of.

n. [1]. Exclamation, ejaculation, outcry, acclamation.[2]. Plaint, lament, lamentation, crying, weeping.[3]. Scream, screech, howl, yell, roar.[4]. Pack of hounds.

尤因整理

解釋/意思:

v.i. to utter a shrill loud sound esp. one expressive of pain or grief: to lament: to weep: to bawl.—v.t. to utter loudly: to proclaim or make public:—pa.t. and pa.p. cried.—n. any loud sound esp. of grief or pain: a fit of weeping: a pack of hounds hence of people: particular sound uttered by an animal: bawling: lamentation: prayer: clamour:—pl. Cries.—ns. Crī′er; Cry′ing act of calling loudly: weeping.—adj. calling loudly: claiming notice: notorious.—Cry against to protest against; Cry down to condemn: to decry; Cry off to withdraw from a bargain; Cry on to call upon: to invoke; Cry up to praise: extol.—A far cry a great distance; Great cry and little wool appearance without reality: much ado about nothing; Hue and cry (see Hue); In full cry in full pursuit used of dogs in hunt; Within cry of within hearing distance.

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