| 单词 | sigh |
| 释义 | sigh (once / 86 pages) vn The sound that you make when you exhale loudly to show frustration, boredom, or relief is called a sigh. No matter how much you sigh during your family's annual car trip to the Grand Canyon, your dad won't drive any faster. Something that sounds like a human sigh is also called a sigh. The breeze might sigh in the still night air, or a screen door might sigh closed. The word sigh comes from the Old English word of the same meaning, sican, which was probably imitative, echoing the sound of a sigh. WORD FAMILYsigh: sighed, sighing, sighs USAGE EXAMPLESAnd the “silence and sighs”? The allegedly negative reaction was experienced by precisely one colleague on exactly one call, unsolicited by the Conways. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “When we finally got the diagnosis, it was like a sigh of relief,” Weekes said. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) If the person at the other end asked to leave a message, I would sigh heavily, like a useless personal assistant. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1v heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily She sighed sadly Syn|Hyper suspire breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs 2v utter with a sigh Hyper emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 3n an utterance made by exhaling audibly Syn|Hyper suspiration utterance, vocalization the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication 4n a sound like a person sighing she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees Hyper sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event |
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