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cry eyes out

/krahy/US // kraɪ //UK // (kraɪ) //

哭丧着脸,哭笑不得,哭瞎眼,哭得死去活来

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v.无主动词 verb
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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.
v.有主动词 verb
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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.
n.名词 noun
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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.