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

• One day she started sighing again.
  有一天她又开始叹气了。
• 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？
• 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。
• What are you sighing about?
  你为什么唉声叹气？
• 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。
• She looked terribly distressed and was sighing all the time.
  她成天愁眉不展，唉声叹气的。
• 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。
• 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。
• "It is so naughty of him not to wipe his feet," Wendy said, sighing.
  他真淘气，玩完了也不扫地。温迪说，叹了一口气。
• 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。