| 单词 | the weeps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe weeps b. A fit or bout of weeping. Also the weeps: a fit of weeping or melancholy. Also transferred.Also in ‘Hence these weeps’, a burlesque alteration of ‘Hence these tears’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > fit(s) of weeping shower1449 lachrymals1753 weep1836 cry1852 blub1894 1836 C. Shaw Let. 9 May Personal Mem. & Corr. (1837) II. 574 I had nothing else for it, but in the middle of the night to go aside and have a very hearty weep by myself. 1876 J. P. Struthers in Life & Lett. (1918) iv. 49 But those days are gone. Hence these weeps. 1886 R. Kipling Mare's Nest in Departm. Ditties 43 There was a scene—a weep or two—With many kisses. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 290 And Bob Doran starts doing the weeps about Paddy Dignam. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 31 July in Coll. Ess. (1968) I. 280 I heard from Murry who seemed in the weeps about something. 1982 Medico-Legal Jrnl. 50 10 Leaving his Counsel to do what we call ‘The weeps’, i.e. to plead in mitigation of sentence. < as lemmas |
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