tearful
tearful — 形容詞
1. having tears in your eyes, or showing that you are close to crying, because of s
含淚；哭泣
因悲傷或激動而流淚或將要流淚的
having tears in your eyes, or showing that you are close to crying, because of sadness, strong emotion, or pain.
Soraya became tearful when she talked about her grandmother's illness.
Soraya 談到祖母生病時，忍不住眼眶含淚。
be/become + tearful (predicative)
Nadia wiped her eyes after giving a tearful goodbye to her classmates.
Nadia 向同學們含淚道別後，擦了擦眼睛。
tearful + noun for emotional events
The tearful child sat alone on the school bench until the bell rang.
那個哭泣的孩子獨自坐在學校長椅上，直到鈴聲響起。
Ramón found his grandmother tearful at the kitchen table, holding an old photograph.
Ramón 發現祖母含淚坐在廚房桌前，手裡拿著一張舊照片。
Hui's voice was tearful as she read the letter from her sister.
Hui 讀著姐姐的來信時，聲音聽起來滿是淚意。
- teary
Slightly less intense than 'tearful'; suggests having tears without necessarily crying openly.
- weepy
More informal, often describes someone who cries easily.
- in tears
A fixed phrase that specifically means actively crying, not just close to crying.
- emotional
Broader meaning — strong feelings that may or may not produce tears.
- dry-eyed
Not crying and showing no emotion in the eyes.
文法句型
be/become/look/sound + tearful
tearful + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used both attributively (before a noun, e.g. a tearful farewell) and predicatively (after a linking verb, e.g. she became tearful). The attributive position often describes an emotional event (a tearful scene) rather than a person directly.