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teary

/teer-ee/US // ˈtɪər i //UK // (ˈtɪərɪ) //

泪流满面,含泪的,含泪,泪眼朦胧

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    tear·i·er, tear·i·est.

    • : of or like tears.
    • : tearful.

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Examples

  • The obituary for Peter Frenchy — whom you can find teary-eyedin a photo taken after renewing his wedding vows — described his participation in the project as the highlight of his life.

  • You can see people getting teary-eyed because it has become part of the family.

  • We keep thinking about the teary car scene between Toni Collette and Haley Joel Osment.

  • Without her neural net, she might have been teary watching her daughter, still her baby, walk into her kindergarten classroom on the first day.

  • In contrast, Boehner's leadership team filed into his ceremonial office and greeted the teary newly-elected Speaker with hugs.

  • A teary Osbourne said she now thought "WWJD—what would Joan do" when faced with a quandary.

  • In a teary and emotional testimony, Rooney revealed that he had been abused by his stepson.

  • “It would be a shame not to at least try,” says a teary-eyed Tagg.

  • Teary-eyed, she hugged and kissed everybody, thanking them for helping her get back the land she loved.

  • "No; but I guess she'll suspect it, though," returned Cordelia, with a teary smile.

  • The slipper landed on Jo's head and she responded by raising rather a teary face.

  • That new woman can't write an obituary, and her teary tales sound like they were carved with a cold chisel.

  • At the mention of this one woman stepped behind a tent screen and wept, wiping her teary face with a bird-skin.

  • Elsewhere in the house his teary-eyed sisters went softly and silently about their daily work.