cry
哭,哭泣,哭声,呼叫
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cried, cry·ing.
- : to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.
- : to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.
- : to call loudly; shout; yell.
- : to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition: The rise in crime cried out for greater police protection.
- : to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp; bark.
- : to bay continuously and excitedly in following a scent.
- : to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.
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cried, cry·ing.
- : to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.
- : to announce publicly as for sale; advertise: to cry one's wares.
- : to beg or plead for; implore: to cry mercy.
- : to bring to a specified state by weeping: The infant cried itself to sleep.
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plural cries.
- : the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- : clamor; outcry.
- : a fit of weeping: to have a good cry.
- : the utterance or call of an animal.
- : a political or party slogan.
- : battle cry.
- : an oral proclamation or announcement.
- : a call of wares for sale, services available, etc., as by a street vendor.
- : public report.
- : an opinion generally expressed.
- : an entreaty; appeal.
- : Fox Hunting. a pack of hounds.a continuous baying of a hound or a pack in following a scent.
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- : cry down, to disparage; belittle: Those people cry down everyone who differs from them.
- : cry off, to break a promise, agreement, etc.: We made arrangements to purchase a house, but the owner cried off at the last minute.
- : cry up, to praise; extol: to cry up one's profession.
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Examples
She’s the closest thing on the train to a doctor, and following cries for help, she rushes to save the woman with a defibrillator.
It’s a far cry from previous platform rollouts like Facebook Watch and Snapchat Discover when big-name publisher partners were proudly included in the launch announcements.
Members should be well prepared to ask questions – a far cry from the days when Alaska Senator Ted Stevens infamously described the internet as “a series of tubes” in a net neutrality hearing nearly 15 years ago.
San Diego’s water utility is preparing to absorb a five percent spike in rates this year despite cries from elected officials to freeze costs during a global pandemic.
They heard the crash and the cry as the chair went out from under her feet and she fell on the floor.
“He turned pale, trembled to a great degree, was much agitated, and began to cry,” she told the court.
The girls send a cry for help…the situation of these girls is distressing.
Both the Ramos sons squeezed their eyes and lowered their heads, doing their best not to cry.
It has long been a battle cry in conservative circles that Christmas is under siege.
Kendrick rapidly chants these last lines in repetition with Bilal and Anna Wise sing-shouting behind him, like a rallying cry.
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.
I could have sworn I heard a cry, and one of my men spoke in a tone that assured me my imagination had not been playing a trick.
A sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.
Antirosa had decided it was better to let the children "have their cry out," and the boy had gone to school.