sob

• vi. 啜泣，呜咽；（风等）发出呜咽声
• vt. 哭诉，啜泣
• n. 啜泣，呜咽

1. convulsive gasp made while weeping

cry, weep, sob

这3个动词均有"哭"之意。

cry： 普通用词。指因痛苦、悲哀或伤感等出声地哭。

weep： 书面用词，指小哭或无声地哭，侧重流泪。

sob： 指抽泣、呜咽。

groan, moan, sign, sob

这些名词(动词)均有"叹息声，叹息"之意。

groan： 侧重指因受到难忍受的精神负担或强烈的痛苦等而发出沉重的呻吟，也指显示强烈不满的叹息声。

moan语气比groan强，多指拉长的或连续的悲叹(声)或呻吟(声)。

sign： 多指无意识地发出表示沮丧、悲痛、悔恨或厌倦等情绪的深沉叹息。

sob： 指抽噎声或呜咽声，或边说边哭。

By tracking people's e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

I heard a child sobbing loudly.

我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。

牛津词典

He started to sob uncontrollably.

他不由自主地抽噎起来。

牛津词典

‘I hate him, ’ she sobbed.

“我恨他。”她抽噎着说。

牛津词典

He sobbed out his troubles.

他哭着述说了自己的烦恼。

牛津词典

He gave a deep sob.

他发出一声低沉的抽噎声。

牛津词典

Her body was racked (= shaken) with sobs.

她哭得身子一抽一抽的。

牛津词典

She began to sob again, burying her face in the pillow...

她把脸埋在枕头里，又开始抽噎起来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Her sister broke down, sobbing into her handkerchief.

她姐姐再也控制不住自己的情绪，捂着手绢呜咽起来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

'Everything's my fault,' she sobbed.

她呜咽着说：“一切都是我的错。”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

People consider that the feathur of women is that they easyly sob.

人们认为爱哭是女人的特点.

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Mary is a sob sister . She wears you out fast.

玛丽动不动就哭, 用不了多久你就会感到厌烦.

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Life is made up of sob, sniffle, and smile, with sniffle predominating.

人生是以哭 、 泣 、 笑三者构成的, 尤以泣为最.

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The doves sob quietly in their cote.

鸽子在笼子里低声咕咕.

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Then she folded up, very gently, and collapsed to her knees and started to sob.

然后她再也支持不住了, 慢慢的跪倒下来,开始抽泣.

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He often gulps down a sob.

他经常忍气吞声地生活.

辞典例句

After a moment, he let out a long sob, quickly covering his face with free hand.

一会儿, 他就发出了一声很长的呜咽, 然后又很快地用另一只手盖住了他的脸.

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She nodded with a sob.

她啜泣着点了点头.

《简明英汉词典》

Suddenly he heard, or thought he heard, a sound as of a sob in the brushes.

突然他听到, 他认为他听到了灌木丛林中传出一声呜咽.

辞典例句

When they brought me back to consciousness after the surgery, I started to sob and hyperventilate.

做完手术后,从我恢复意识开始, 我就开始抽泣和呼吸不畅.

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A sob welled up in his throat.

他喉咙里发出一声呜咽.

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The hard sob of anger barred her voice.

愤怒所产生的痛苦呜咽阻滞着她的语音.

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Her voice became almost a sob.

她几乎在啜泣了.

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The beggar told us a long sob story before she asked for money.

那个叫花子先给我们讲了一个长而催人泪下的故事,然后向我们讨钱.

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This sob story is just the beginning.

这个悲伤的故事,也只是一个开头.

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When the sob took it, thy divinest Art's.

哭泣, 你却叫神的最尊贵的乐器.

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The threatened sob welled up into a dry, anguished scream.

被威胁的啜泣涌出在进入乾之内上面, 痛苦的尖叫声.

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The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.

孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来.

《简明英汉词典》

My brother told me a real sob story, so I tend him $ 10.

我哥哥给我讲了一个非常催人泪下的煽情故事, 骗我借给他十块钱.

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The local newspaper is full of sob stuff about lost dogs and missing children.

这地方报纸全是刊载关于丢失的狗和失踪孩子的伤感故事.

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1. Any sob story moved Jarvis to generosity.

别人随便一个受苦的故事都会把贾维斯感动得慷慨解囊。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A sob caught in his throat.

他泣不成声。

来自《权威词典》

3. The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.

孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Compare cry, sob, weep, wail and whimper.

试比较cry 、 sob 、 weep 、 wail、whimper这 五个词.

来自辞典例句

5. She nodded with a sob.

她啜泣着点了点头.

来自《简明英汉词典》

sob (v.)

c. 1200, "to cry with short breaths," probably of imitative origin, related to Old English seofian "to lament," Old High German sufan "to draw breath," West Frisian sobje "to suck." Related: Sobbed; sobbing.

sob (n.)

late 14c., from sob (v.). Sob story is from 1913. Sob sister "female journalist who writes sentimental stories or advice columns" is from 1912.