weep

weep — 動詞

1. to let tears flow from your eyes when you feel very sad, hurt, or emotional

1.動詞及物 / 不及物A2
釋義

哭泣；流淚

因悲傷、痛苦或強烈情緒而流淚

to let tears flow from your eyes when you feel very sad, hurt, or emotional

例句

Hao wept quietly throughout his grandmother's funeral service.

Hao 在祖母的葬禮上默默地哭泣。

intransitive: weep + adverb of manner

Nala wept tears of joy when her son returned home safely from his trip.

Nala 的兒子平安返家時，她喜極而泣。

transitive: weep + tears of [emotion]

同義詞
  • cry

    the everyday, neutral term; 'weep' is more formal or literary

  • sob

    implies loud, gasping crying with short breaths

  • wail

    a loud, high-pitched cry, often of grief or pain

反義詞
  • laugh

    weeping expresses sadness; laughter expresses happiness or amusement

文法句型

weep + adverb (quietly/bitterly/openly)

weep + tears + of + emotion

用法筆記

The verb is irregular: weep → wept → wept. More formal and literary than 'cry'; 'cry' is the typical choice in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

❌I weeped when I heard the bad news.
✅I wept when I heard the bad news.
💡'weep' is an irregular verb (weep-wept-wept), not 'weeped'.

2. if a wound, cut, or sore weeps, it slowly releases a fluid such as pus or a clea

2.動詞不及物B2
釋義

滲液

傷口緩慢滲出液體或膿液

if a wound, cut, or sore weeps, it slowly releases a fluid such as pus or a clear liquid

例句

Hari's scraped knee was weeping a thin, clear liquid.

Hari 擦傷的膝蓋正在滲出清澈的液體。

weeping + [type of liquid]

The wound on Christopher's leg wept for nearly a whole week.

Christopher 腿上的傷口持續滲液將近一整個星期。

weep + for [duration]

同義詞
  • ooze

    more common in everyday English for slow liquid release from a wound

  • seep

    emphasises slow, steady leaking rather than the context of an injury

  • drain

    implies a deliberate or natural flow-out, often of pus from an infection site

文法句型

weep + (liquid)

wound / cut / sore + weep

用法筆記

Subject is always a wound, sore, cut, or infected area. Never used for normal bodily fluids like sweat or tears falling from the eye — those are covered by sense 1.

常見錯誤

❌His eyes were weeping because of the onion.' (wrong sense)
✅His eyes were watering because of the onion.
💡'weep' for a wound releasing fluid; 'water' for eyes reacting to irritants.

weep — 名詞