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sigh

/sahy/US // saɪ //UK // (saɪ) //

叹息,叹气,叹息声,叹口气

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
    • : to yearn or long; pine.
    • : to make a sound suggesting a sigh: sighing wind.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to express or utter with a sigh.
    • : to lament with sighing.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or sound of sighing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • When the quarantine was over, Mulhern breathed a sigh of relief.

  • Investors have seemingly breathed a sigh of relief after Tesla continued its profitability streak, as the Elon Musk–led company beat earnings estimates late Wednesday.

  • Yet in recent years, there’s an equally unmistakable, collective sigh of frustration that often accompanies the actual announcements.

  • Mock-up of iOS 14 tracking permission dialogWhile some mobile marketers breathed an audible sigh of relief with the delay, the reprieve is probably temporary.

  • Marketers heaved a major sigh of relief in the announcement’s wake, as they could now use the two new attributes to help Google better understand the link’s intent and use.

  • Rob Marshall lets a sigh of relief erupt so loud it could be heard by giants in the sky.

  • But Lomax can heave a small sigh of relief, at least for now: Legislative reform to the 1033 program will not happen in 2014.

  • “We can blame Carrie Bradshaw for this,” says Shaunaq Arora, half-joking; his sigh tinged with the cloudy breath of his Gauloises.

  • Punctuating his comment with a loud sigh, Hart adds: “You have to live with that, you know?”

  • When the Child Model Act was signed into law, model rights activists such as myself sounded a collective sigh of relief.

  • And now I can recall that his eyes closed, and from his lips I caught a sigh, and then he rolled to the floor.

  • “Well, I hope he does,” sighed Sol, the sigh being breathed to give expression of what remained unspoken.

  • "I wish the old homes of England had electric lights," thought Miss Otis, with a sigh.

  • For hours the gray man would sit on a tombstone, while Black Sheep read epitaphs, and then with a sigh would stump home again.

  • "I fear, squire, hers is not a bodily affection," said Mrs. Dodd with a deep sigh.