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| 1 | I/T to have tears coming from your eyes, especially because you are sad （尤因伤心而）哭泣，流泪 |
| I’ m sorry – please don’ t cry. 对不起，请别哭了。 |
| +for She could hear her brother crying for his mother. 她能听见弟弟哭着要母亲。 |
| cry with pain/happiness/relief/rage etc Now she felt like crying with rage at her own stupidity. 现在，她对自己的愚蠢愤恨不已，真想大哭一场。 |
| +over/about Laura was angry with herself for wasting time crying over him. 劳拉为自己浪费时间为他哭泣而气恼不已。 |
| cry tears of rage/frustration/pain etc He cried tears of frustration at his inability to help. 他为自己帮不上忙而沮丧得哭了。 |
| cry yourself to sleep (=cry continuously until you start to sleep) I cried myself to sleep at night for weeks after we broke up. 哭着睡着 |
| | 1a | if a baby cries, it makes a loud noise because it is hungry or uncomfortable （婴儿因饥饿或不舒服而）啼哭 | |
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| 2 | I/T to shout something 喊；叫；呼唤 |
| ‘That’ s not what I meant,’ Polly cried. “我不是那个意思，”波利嚷道。 |
| cry (sth) in surprise/alarm/horror/delight etc ‘No!’ he cried in horror. “不！”他惶恐地叫道。 |
| cry for help Ted could hear a woman’ s voice crying for help. 泰德能听见一个女人的呼救声。 |
| cry sb’ s name She sometimes cries his name in her sleep. 她有时在睡梦中呼唤他的名字。 |
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| 3 | I if an animal or bird cries, it makes a loud noise （兽或鸟）大叫 |
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| - | cry your eyes/heart out informal
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| to cry in an uncontrolled way |
| 痛哭流涕；哭得死去活来 |
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| - | cry foul
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| to say publicly that something is dishonest or illegal , especially when it affects you directly |
| （尤指自己受到直接影响时）公开批评 |
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| Australia has cried foul over the decision to increase export subsidies. 澳大利亚已对提高出口补贴的决定提出了公开批评。 |
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| - | cry on sb’ s shoulder informal
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| to tell someone about all the things that are making you sad or upset . The person you are talking to is a shoulder to cry on . |
| 向某人哭诉 |
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| - | cry over spiltmilk
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| to waste time feeling upset about something bad that has happened and cannot be changed |
| 为无可挽回的事而忧伤 |
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| ‘No use crying over spilt milk,’ she said. “为无可挽回的事忧伤是没有用的，”她说。 |
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| - | for crying out loud spoken
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| used for expressing anger |
| 岂有此理，天哪（用于表示生气） |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌcry ˈoff |
| PHRASAL VB INFORMAL |
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| | to decide not to do something that you had promised or agreed to do 撤回；取消；打退堂鼓 | They’ ve cried off at the last minute. 他们在最后时刻打了退堂鼓。 | |
| - | ˌcry ˈout |
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| 1 | I to make a loud noise because you are in pain or because you are afraid or shocked 大叫；大喊 | It’ s enough to make most people cry out in horror. 这足以让大多数人害怕得大叫。 | |
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| 2 | I/T to shout something , especially when you are surprised or worried （尤指在吃惊或担心时）大声喊叫 | ‘Be careful!’ Miss Honey cried out. “小心！”霍尼小姐大声喊道。 | | +for Someone was crying out for help. 有人在大声呼救。 | |
| - | ˌcry ˈout for |
| PHRASAL VB usually progressive |
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| | cry out for sth: to clearly need something a lot 显然迫切需要 | This room is crying out for some new furniture. 这个房间显然急需添置一些新家具。 | |
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