Tears. Cf. water, v. 6.
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释义 | the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > a tear > tears (11) watereOE Tears. Cf. water, v. 6. salt waterc1400 Applied humorously to tears. (See salt, n.1 2e.) moisture?c1425 Liquid; vapour. Tears, regarded as moistening the eyes. brine1594 = Briny tears. poetic. rheum1597 literary (chiefly poetic). Tears. dew1598 transferred. Moisture glistening in the eyes; tears. Hence funeral dew. lachrymas1602 In plural. Tears. Obsolete. Subcategories:— source of (1) — copious (1) — bitter taste of (1) — tears shed for human sorrows (1) |
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