weeping
英 ['wiːpɪŋ]
美 ['wipɪŋ]
- adj.泣く;滴る;垂れる
- n. 泣く
- v. 泣く;悲しむ;嘆く(weepのing形)
英語の語源
- weeping (adj.)
- late Old English, present participle adjective from weep (v.). Used of various trees whose branches arch downward and suggest drooping, such as weeping elm (c. 1600); weeping cherry (1824). Weeping willow (French saule pleureur, German trauerweide) is recorded from 1731. The tree is native to Asia; the first brought to England were imported 1748, from the Euphrates. It replaced the cypress as a funerary emblem.
例文
- 1. He is unpredictable, weeping one moment,laughing the next.
- 彼は気まぐれで、泣いたり、笑ったりしている。
- 2.Myrtle sat huddled on the side of the bed, weeping .
- マーテルは身を縮めてベッドのそばに座って泣いていた。/
- 3.The production received ecstatic reviews and had audiences weeping .
- その上演シーンは好評で、観客を泣かせた。
- 4.The next day he 'd be full of contrition, weeping and begging forgiveness.
- 次の日、彼は後悔し、泣いて許しを乞う。
- 5.She arrived weeping ,dabbing her eyes with a tissue.
- 彼女が来た時は泣きながら、ティッシュで涙を拭いていた。
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