sob
v
(-bb-)
1 [I, Ipr] draw in breath noisily and irregularly from sorrow, pain, etc, esp while crying 啜泣; 抽噎
We could hear the child sobbing in the other room. 我们听到那间屋子里的小孩在抽抽搭搭地哭著.
She sobbed into her handkerchief. 她用手绢掩面啜泣. =>Usage at cry1 用法见cry1.
2 (idm 习语) cry/sob oneself to sleep => sleep1. sob one's `heart out cry bitterly with great emotion 哭得极伤心.
3 (phr v) sob sth out tell sth while sobbing 抽噎地说; 哭诉
She sobbed out the story of her son's violent death. 她哭著诉说儿子横死的经过. sob, n act or sound of sobbing 啜泣(声); 抽噎(声)
The child's sobs gradually died down. 那孩子的啜泣声渐渐静了下来.
Nothing gives me more pleasure than listening to Mozart.
再没有比听莫扎特的乐曲更让我高兴的事了。
He gave me a chest X-ray and took my blood pressure.
他给我做了X光检查并且量了我的血压。
When the ship finally arrived in a port, the wooden cover was opened wide and Kunta could see in daylight for the first time across the part of the ship where he had been chained.