| 释义 |
sigh
I. \ˈsī\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English sihen, sighen (past sihte, sighte), probably alteration (after such pairs as Middle English techen to teach: tahte, taghte taught) of sichen, from Old English sīcan; akin to Middle Dutch versiken to sigh
intransitive verb
1. : to let out slowly and audibly a deeply drawn breath especially as the involuntary expression of weariness, dejection, grief, regret, longing, yearning, relief
2. : to make a sound like sighing
< wind sighing in the branches >
< the sails did sigh like sedge — S.T.Coleridge >
3. : lament, grieve, yearn — used often with for
< sighing for the days of his youth >
transitive verb
1.
a. : to express by sighs : utter in or with sighs
< sighed out her grief >
< poor shawled woman sighing her prayers — Sean O'Faolain >
b. : to breathe out in sighs
< drove his blade … to the bull's heart … as the wild life sighed itself out, and vanished — C.G.D.Roberts >
2. archaic : to utter sighs over : mourn
< shall bless her name, and sigh her fate — Matthew Prior >
3. : to spend or waste in sighing
< sighing away his days >
4. : to bring by sighs into a particular state
< sighed himself to sleep >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sihe, sighe, from sihen, sighen, v.
1. : an act of sighing : a deep and prolonged audible inspiration and expiration of air especially when involuntary and expressing some emotion or feeling (as grief, yearning, weariness, or relief)
< sighs of parting >
2. : the sound of gently moving or escaping air
< sigh of the summer breeze >
< the engine stopped with a sigh > |