英语词汇“bawl”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINbawl

Origin:

1400-1500 Probably from a Scandinavian language

VERB TABLE

bawl

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	bawl
	he, she, it	bawls
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	bawled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have bawled
	he, she, it	has bawled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had bawled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will bawl
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have bawled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am bawling
	he, she, it	is bawling
	you, we, they	are bawling
Past	I, he, she, it	was bawling
	you, we, they	were bawling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been bawling
	he, she, it	has been bawling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been bawling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be bawling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been bawling

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

"Stop that thief!" he bawled at the top of his voice.
"Stop, bawling," Dad said crossly, "and come over here."
I couldn't help it, I just started bawling.
One of the prison guards was bawling orders across the yard.
That couple next door are always shouting and bawling at each other.
The baby was sitting in his high chair, red in the face and bawling.
The captain stood at the front, bawling orders.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

He became one of the more notorious tramps of the city, begging and bawling on every street corner.
I dribbled, I wet my pants, even banged my head on the furniture, and bawled ... bawled almost nonstop.
If you didn't, you were bawled out, and that took an awful lot of getting used to.
It bawled whenever I got near it so Dad said I'd better keep out of the way.
It was to the point where I was crying, I was bawling hysterically.
Jess, though, is openly bawling even before the announcer calls her name.
The roped calf was up instantly, bawling hoarsely, shaking his head.

THESAURUS► shout

to say something very loudly: · The two men were shouting angrily at each other.· ‘Wait for me!’ he shouted.

► yell

(also holler American English) to shout very loudly, especially because you are angry, excited, or in pain. Yell is more informal than shout: · The children were yelling at each other across the street.· ‘Steve, are you there?’ Patti hollered up the stairs.

► call (out)

to shout in order to get someone’s attention: · He called her name but she didn’t hear him.· ‘Is anybody there?’ he called out.

► cry (out)

written to shout something loudly, especially because you are in pain, frightened, or very excited: · ‘I can’t move,’ Lesley cried.· He cried out in panic.· ‘Look what I’ve found!’ she cried.

► scream

to shout in a very loud high voice, because you are frightened, unhappy, angry etc: · The baby wouldn’t stop screaming.· She screamed as she jumped into the cold water.· ‘It’s my money!’ she screamed at him.

► roar

written to shout in a loud deep voice: · The crowd roared their appreciation.· ‘Stop this nonsense!' he roared.

► bellow

written to shout in a loud deep voice, especially when you want a lot of people to hear you: · He was bellowing orders at the soldiers.

► bawl

to shout in a loud and unpleasant way, because you are angry or unhappy: · ‘What are you doing?’ he bawled.· The kids were bawling in the back of the car.· She was always bawling at the children.

► raise your voice

to say something more loudly than normal, especially because you are angry: · I never heard my father raise his voice.

► cheer

if a group of people cheer, they shout as a way of showing their approval: · The crowd cheered when the band came on stage.

Longman Language Activatorto cry► cry

if you cry , tears come from your eyes, for example because you are sad or upset, or because you have hurt yourself: · I could hear the baby crying in the next room.· Kim's eyes were red and she looked as though she'd been crying.· Don't cry, I didn't mean to upset you.cry about: · Jenny won't tell me what she's crying about.make somebody cry: · The film was so sad, it made me cry.cry and cry (=cry for a long time): · I sat alone in my room and cried and cried.cry your eyes out (=cry a lot because you are very upset): · The poor kid's so miserable, he's upstairs crying his eyes out.cry with happiness/joy/relief etc: · She cried with joy when she heard that the children were safe.cry yourself to sleep (=cry until you fall asleep): · At night I'd cry myself to sleep, thinking about you.

► weep

especially written to cry quietly and for a long time because you are very sad or you feel a strong emotion: · She sat beside her dying father and wept.weep openly (=without trying to stop or hide it): · Thousands of French citizens, many weeping openly, bade a silent farewell to Mitterand.weep with emotion/grief/joy etc: · I remember weeping with pride when my first son was born.weep bitterly (=cry strongly): · His mother wept bitterly and his father sat grim-faced.

► sob

if you sob , you cry noisily and your body shakes, because you are very sad or because someone has upset you: · The sound of her sobbing kept them awake all night.· "Please don't leave me," he sobbed.· The child covered her face with her hands and started to sob uncontrollably.

► bawl

to cry loudly - use this especially about young children or people you do not have any sympathy for: · "Stop, bawling," Dad said crossly, "and come over here."· The baby was sitting in his high chair, red in the face and bawling.

► snivel/sniffle

to cry in a weak, complaining way and at the same time breathe in air noisily through your nose: · "What are you snivelling about, Jake?'· She kept sniffling into her handkerchief and saying how unfair everything was.

► whimper

to make a quiet, continuous, unhappy sound like an animal in pain, or to say something with this sound in your voice: · 'I'm sorry,' she whimpered, but Richard wasn't listening.whimper with: · Pat whimpered with the pain of the bullet wound in his shoulder.

► be in tears

crying because someone has upset you, or because something is very sad: · Everyone started to laugh and Frank ran out of the room in tears.· Most of us were in tears by the time he'd finished his story.

► your eyes water

if your eyes water , you have tears in your eyes, usually because of something such as wind or smoke going into them: · Jo's eyes were watering from the smoke that filled the room.make your eyes water: · An icy wind blew into my face, making my eyes water.

► tears

drops of water that come from your eyes when you are crying - this is often used to represent the idea of crying: · Grandpa wiped the tears from his eyes.have tears in your eyes/with tears in your eyes (=be nearly crying): · Yusuf had tears in his eyes, and I knew he was thinking of home.· She turned to me with tears in her eyes and begged me to help her.tears roll/run down somebody's cheeks (=someone cries a lot): · He stood silently, tears rolling down his cheeks, while the music played.· Mum showed us the letter with tears running down her cheeks.be close to tears (=almost crying): · Howell was close to tears as he told the court what had happened.·

to say something very loudly► shout

to say something very loudly, because you want to make sure that someone hears you, or because you are angry or excited: · "Get out!" she shouted angrily.· There was so much noise from the engine that we had to shout to hear each other.· The protesters marched through the streets, shouting slogans.shout at: · I wish you'd stop shouting at the childrenshout something out/shout out something: · Linda leant out of the widow and shouted out my name.

► yell

to shout very loudly, for example because you are very angry or excited, or because you want to get someone's attention. Yell is more informal than shout: · "Don't touch me," she yelled.· The music blaring in the bar was forcing us both to yell to be heard.yell at: · The children were yelling at each other across the street.yell out something/yell something out: · He opened the door and yelled out "Anybody home?''

► scream

to shout in a very loud high voice, because you are so angry, afraid, excited etc that you cannot control your voice: · The man pulled a gun, and two of the women near me started screaming.· "Help me!" she screamed.scream at: · Maria felt like screaming at her husband.scream with pain/delight/terror etc: · As a child, I used to wake up screaming with terror in the middle of the night.

► raise your voice

to speak more loudly than usual because you are angry about something: · I never heard my father raise his voice in his life.raise your voice at/to: · Don't you raise your voice at me!raised voices (=the sound of people talking loudly because they are angry): · We heard raised voices coming from the next room, and then a cry.

► call out

also call to shout loudly because you want to get someone's attention, to let someone know where you are etc: · "Is there anybody there?'' he called out, but there was no reply.· She called out his name but he didn't look back.· Just call me if you need anything. I'm right here.call out for: · I thought I heard someone calling for help.call out to: · The prisoners used to call out to each other from their cells.

► cry out

to make a sudden loud noise, for example when you are suddenly hurt or afraid: · "Careful!" she cried out. "There's a snake!"cry out in fear/pain/surprise etc: · Chris fell, crying out in pain.

► cry

written to shout something loudly, especially because you are feeling strong emotions such as pain or excitement: · "I can't move," Lesley cried. "I think I've broken my leg." · "Come and see what I've found!" Kurt cried.

► cheer

to shout as a way of showing happiness, approval, or support of someone or something: · At the end, the whole audience stood up clapping and cheering.cheer for: · I saw the way the crowd cheered for him, and I thought, "I want to be like that!"cheer somebody British: · The speaker was cheered loudly when he called for a total ban on nuclear weapons.cheer somebody on (=encourage someone to do something by cheering them as they do it): · All the mums and dads come to cheer their kids on.

► roar

to shout in a very loud voice because you are extremely angry or want to frighten someone: · Suddenly the teacher roared my name across the classroom.· "You idiot!" he roared.roar at: · "Get down and don't move,'' the man roared at her.

► bawl

to shout very loudly and rudely in order to make sure that people hear what you are saying: · "Stop that thief!" he bawled at the top of his voice.· One of the prison guards was bawling orders across the yard.bawl at: · That couple next door are always shouting and bawling at each other.

► bellow

to shout in a very loud deep voice, especially when you want a lot of people to hear you: · "Be quiet!" the teacher bellowed.· The officer in charge was bellowing instructions through a loudspeaker.bellow at: · Then the referee started to blow his whistle and bellow at me.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out

· He hadn't expected this precipitate visit and in the last hour he had bawled out everyone in sight.· His arm was round one of his companions, while both bawled out an indecent love ditty.· If you didn't, you were bawled out, and that took an awful lot of getting used to.