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

• Do we just sit there, sighing and complaining about it?
  难道我们只是坐在那儿，抱怨并叹息？
• The night is dark. The stars are lost in clouds. The wind is sighing through the leaves.
  夜是深黑的，星星消失在云里，风在叶丛中叹息。
• 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。
• 'Mine is a long and a sad tale!' said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing.
  我的故事是个结尾悲伤的长故事，老鼠对爱丽丝叹息着说。
• For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
  我未曾吃饭就发出叹息。我唉哼的声音涌出如水。
• And sighing said she coud not stay.
  叹息说她不能久留。
• The man reflected long, then chose Fame; and the fairy, sighing, went her way.
  他想了很久，然而选择了名声。仙女叹了口气，径自离开了。
• I hope Grace is not still sighing over her unhappy fate.
  我希望格雷丝不会还在为自己不幸的命运而悲叹。
• He is sighing for home and friends.
  他在思念家乡和故旧。
• What are you sighing about?
  你为什么唉声叹气？