sighing

英 [ˈsaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈsaɪɪŋ]

v.  叹气; 叹息; 叹着气说; 叹息道; 悲鸣
sigh的现在分词

复数：sighings　现在分词：sighing　

BNC.48317 / COCA.35931

柯林斯词典

• VERB 叹气;叹息;深呼气
  When yousigh, you let out a deep breath, as a way of expressing feelings such as disappointment, tiredness, or pleasure.
  1. Michael sighed wearily...
     迈克尔疲惫地叹了口气。
  2. Roberta sighed with relief...
     罗伯塔松了口气。
  3. Dad sighed and stood up.
     爸爸叹了口气站了起来。
  4. Sighis also a noun.
     
  5. She kicked off her shoes with a sigh...
     她深深地呼了口气，踢掉了鞋子。
  6. Prue heaved a weary sigh.
     普吕疲倦地叹了口气。
• VERB 叹着气说;叹息道
  If yousighsomething, you say it with a sigh.
  1. 'Oh, sorry. I forgot.' — 'Everyone forgets,' the girl sighed.
     “哦，对不起，我忘了。”——“每个人都有忘事的时候，”那女孩叹着气说道。
• VERB (风)发出叹息般的声音，悲鸣
  If the windsighsthrough a place, it moves through the place with a sound like a sigh.
  1. The wind sighed through the valley.
     风在山谷里呼啸而过。
• PHRASE 松了口气;如释重负
  If people breathe or heave asigh of relief, they feel happy that something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.
  1. There was a big sigh of relief once the economic reform plan was agreed...
     经济改革计划一获批准，人们都大大舒了一口气。
  2. There was an audible sigh of relief in Washington when the foreign ministers decided to postpone the meeting.
     各国外长决定推迟会议后，华盛顿如释重负。

双语例句

• Sighing, he dipped his brush and passed it along the topmost plank;
  他叹了一口气，用刷子蘸上灰浆，沿着最顶上一层木板刷起来。
• Yawning or sighing are usually signs of mental or physical fatigue.
  打哈欠或叹气通常是精神或身体上疲倦的标志。
• She turned away, sighing, and his forehead was damp.
  她叹了一口气走开了，他的前额汗津津的。
• She sits around sighing dramatically and hating me.
  她整天夸张的唱歌并且讨厌我。
• Ah, panting, sighing, sighing, ah, fordone, their mirth died down.
  啊，筋疲力尽，她们的欢乐逐渐平息了。
• And sighing said she coud not stay.
  叹息说她不能久留。
• She looked out of the window, sighing for her lost youth.
  她看着窗外，为她流逝的青春而叹息。
• I came out of a theatre, where I appeared every evening in the full dress of a sighing lover.
  我从一家剧院出来，那个我每天晚上都会穿着叹气的爱人般正装出现的地方。
• Sighing and groaning as they discussed ways and means, they hardly slept all the night.
  晚上，他们反复合计，唉声叹气，几乎没睡。
• Sighing she stood up and walked through the maze of students desks to get to the phone.
  她叹了一口气，站起身来，穿过学生的课桌去接电话。