cry
verb/kraɪ/
/kraɪ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they cry | /kraɪ/ /kraɪ/ |
| he / she / it cries | /kraɪz/ /kraɪz/ |
| past simple cried | /kraɪd/ /kraɪd/ |
| past participle cried | /kraɪd/ /kraɪd/ |
| -ing form crying | /ˈkraɪɪŋ/ /ˈkraɪɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to produce tears from your eyes because you are unhappy or hurt
哭；哭泣 - It's all right. Don't cry.
不要紧，别哭了。 - I just couldn't stop crying.
我哭得停不下来。 - The little boy fell over and started to cry.
小男孩摔倒后哭了起来。 - cry for somebody/something The baby was crying for (= because it wanted) its mother.
婴儿哭着要妈妈。 - cry about/over something There's nothing to cry about.
没有什么值得哭的。 - cry with something He felt like crying with rage.
他气得想哭。 - She threw her arms around his neck crying tears of joy.
她搂着他的脖子，高兴得哭了起来。 - He started to cry real tears.
他开始流下真正的眼泪。 - + speech ‘Waaa!’ she cried.
“哇！”她哭出声来。 - (informal) I found him crying his eyes out (= crying very much).
我看他哭得很伤心。 - That night she cried herself to sleep.
那天晚上她哭着哭着就睡着了。
Vocabulary Building CryCryTo cry is the most general word for producing tears when you are unhappy or hurt, or when you are extremely happy.- To sob means to cry noisily, taking sudden, sharp breaths.
- To wail means to cry in a loud high voice.
- To whimper means to cry making low, weak noises.
- To weep (literary or formal) means to cry quietly for a long time.
- ‘I don’t want you to go,’ she cried/wailed/sobbed.
“我不想你走。” 她哭／号哭／抽噎着说。
- To be in tears means to be crying.
- To burst into tears means to suddenly begin to cry.
- To cry your eyes out means to cry a lot or for a long time, because you are very sad.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa2- Anna was almost crying with frustration.
安娜沮丧得几乎要哭了。 - Finally he broke down and cried like a baby.
最后他崩溃了，像个小孩一样哭了起来。 - He put his head on his arms and cried bitterly.
他把头枕在胳膊上大哭。 - I felt like I wanted to cry.
我感觉想哭一场。 - I felt like crying when I found out what had happened.
我得知了所发生的事时真想哭。 - I wasn't going to waste time crying over him!
我不会浪费时间为他伤心的！ - What are you crying about?
你在哭什么？ - children who are left to cry alone
被留下独自哭泣的孩子们
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a lot
- hard
- a little
- …
- begin to
- start to
- want to
- …
- about
- for
- over
- …
- cry like a baby
- cry your eyes out
- cry yourself to sleep
- …
- It's all right. Don't cry.
- [intransitive, transitive] to shout loudly
叫喊 - cry for something She ran to the window and cried for help.
她跑到窗口呼喊救命。 - + speech ‘You're safe!’ Tom cried in delight.
“你安全啦！”汤姆高兴地大声说道。
Synonyms shoutshoutyell ▪ cry ▪ scream ▪ cheer ▪ bellow ▪ raise your voiceThese words all mean to say something in a very loud voice.shout to say something in a loud voice; to speak loudly and often angrily to somebody:- Stop shouting and listen!
别嚷了，听着！ - ‘Run!’ he shouted.
“跑！”他大喊一声。
- She yelled at the boy to get down from the wall.
她冲小孩大喊，让他从墙上下来。
- She ran over to the window and cried for help.
她跑到窗口呼喊救命。
- He screamed at me to stop.
他冲着我喊，要我停下来。
- We all cheered as the team came onto the field.
球队入场时我们都欢呼起来。
- ‘Quiet!’ the teacher bellowed.
“安静！”老师大吼道。
- She never once raised her voice to us.
她从未对我们提高嗓门说话。
- to shout/yell/cry/raise your voice to somebody
- to shout/yell/scream/bellow at somebody
- to shout/yell/cry out/scream/bellow in pain/anguish/rage, etc.
- to shout/cry out/scream for joy/excitement/delight, etc.
- to shout/yell/cry out/scream with excitement/triumph, etc.
- to shout/yell/scream/bellow at somebody to do something
- to shout/yell/scream abuse
- to shout/yell/cry/scream for help
Extra Examples- ‘Never!’ he cried angrily.
“决不！”他愤怒地大声喊道。 - ‘What do you mean?’ she cried in agitation.
她激动地大喊，“你什么意思？” - ‘Who's there?’ she cried in a shrill voice.
她尖声大喊：“谁在那儿？” - She cried for help as the fire spread.
大火蔓延，她呼喊救命。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- out
- suddenly
- …
- want to
- hear somebody
- in
- cry for help
- cry out in anguish, fear, pain
- etc.
- …
- cry for something She ran to the window and cried for help.
- [intransitive] (of a bird or an animal) to make a loud noise
吼叫 - Seagulls followed the boat, crying loudly.
海鸥追随着那条船，高声鸣叫着。 - A pair of eagles cried out to each other as they circled above the trees.
一对老鹰在树林上空盘旋，互相鸣叫。
- Seagulls followed the boat, crying loudly.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘ask for earnestly or loudly’): from Old French crier (verb), cri (noun), from Latin quiritare ‘raise a public outcry’, literally ‘call on the Quirites (Roman citizens) for help’.
Idioms
cry foul
- (informal) to complain that somebody else has done something wrong or unfair
抱怨；埋怨
cry over spilt milk (British English)
(US English cry over spilled milk)
- to waste time worrying about something that has happened that you cannot do anything about
枉为无可挽回的事忧伤；作于事无补的担忧 - As the saying goes—it's no use crying over spilt milk.
常言道：覆水难收，后悔也于事无补。
- As the saying goes—it's no use crying over spilt milk.
cry wolf
- to call for help when you do not need it, with the result that when you do need it people do not believe you
喊“狼来了”；谎报险情；发假警报
for crying out loud
- (informal) used to show you are angry or surprised
（表示愤怒或惊讶）哎呀，我的天哪，真是岂有此理 - For crying out loud! Why did you have to do that?
真是岂有此理！你为什么非得干那种事？
- For crying out loud! Why did you have to do that?
laugh till/until you cry
- to laugh so long and hard that there are tears in your eyes
笑得流泪；笑出眼泪
not know whether to laugh or cry
- (informal) to be unable to decide how to react to a bad situation
（面对恶劣或不幸情况）不知所措，哭笑不得
a shoulder to cry on
- used to describe a person who listens to your problems and gives you sympathy
倾诉的对象 - He was a fatherly shoulder to cry on when things went wrong.
当出现问题时，他是一个像父亲一样可以倾诉的人。
- He was a fatherly shoulder to cry on when things went wrong.