weep
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 哭，哭泣
- vi.
- 哭泣，流泪，哀悼，滴落
- vt.
- 哭着使...，悲叹，滴下
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”).
Cognate with Scots weep (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”), Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
- To lament; to complain.
- To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
- To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
- (obsolete, transitive) To weep over; to bewail.
名词 Noun
- A session of crying.
- A sob.
- A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat during storage, consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
词族
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词源说明
Imitative of its cry.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).