[no obj.]cry noisily, making loud, convulsive gasps 啜泣,抽噎 he broke down and sobbed like a child. 他垮下来像个小孩子一样地啜泣。 he sobbed himself to sleep. 他一直哭到睡去。 ■[with obj.]say while crying noisily 呜咽着说;哭诉 she sobbed out her troubles to him. 她向他哭诉了她的烦恼。 [with direct speech]‘I thought they'd killed you,’ he sobbed weakly. “我以为他们把你杀了,”他哭着轻声说到。
noun
an act or sound of sobbing 呜咽,啜泣 with a sob of despair she threw herself on to the bed. 她绝望地哭泣着,扑倒在床上。
sob one's heart out
cry with great emotion
派生 sobbingly adverb 语源
Middle English: perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect sabben 'to suck'