| 单词 | tearjerker |
| 释义 | tearjerker (tɪərdʒɜrkər) also tear-jerker Word forms: tearjerkers countable noun If you refer to a play, movie, or book as a tearjerker, it is very sad or sentimental. [informal] tearjerker in American English (ˈtɪərˌdʒɜːrkər) noun informal a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale Derived forms tearjerking adjective Word origin [1930–35; tear1 + jerk1 + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boondoggle, hypercorrection, kickback, preset, saddle stitch-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)Examples of 'tearjerker' in a sentence |
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