weep: [OE] Weep goes back to prehistoric Germanic *wōpjan, which probably originated in imitation of the sound of wailing or lamentation. Most of its Germanic relatives have long since died out, but Icelandic still has ǽpa ‘cry out, scream’.
weep (v.)
Old English wepan "shed tears, cry; bewail, mounr over; complain" (class VII strong verb; past tense weop, past participle wopen), from Proto-Germanic *wopjan (cognates: Old Norse op, Old High German wuof "shout, shouting, crying," Old Saxon wopian, Gothic wopjan "to shout, cry out, weep"), from PIE *wab- "to cry, scream" (cognates: Latin vapulare "to be flogged;" Old Church Slavonic vupiti "to call," vypu "gull"). Of water naturally forming on stones, walls, etc., from c. 1400. Related: Wept; weeping; weeper.
双语例句
1. In severe cases, the skin can crack and weep.
在恶劣的条件下,皮肤可能会开裂并流脓。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Wonderfully melodic and tuneful, his songs have made me weep.
他的歌旋律优美、悦耳动听,让我潸然泪下。
来自柯林斯例句
3. There are times when I sit down and have a good weep.
有时候我会坐下来痛痛快快地哭一场。
来自柯林斯例句
4. She started to weep uncontrollably.
她不由自主地哭了起来。
来自《权威词典》
5. Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.