n. 哭, 哭泣

vi. 哭泣, 流泪, 哀悼, 滴落

vt. 哭着使..., 悲叹, 滴下

[ verb ]
shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
<verb.body> cry
She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his deathThe girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs

Weep \Weep\, obs.
imp. of {Weep}, for wept. --Chaucer.


Weep \Weep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wept} (w[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Weeping}.] [OE. wepen, AS. w[=e]pan, from w[=o]p
lamentation; akin to OFries. w?pa to lament, OS. w[=o]p
lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. [=o]p a shouting, crying, OS.
w[=o]pian to lament, OHG. wuoffan, wuoffen, Icel. [oe]pa,
Goth. w[=o]pjan. [root]129.]
1. Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry,
or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief
or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to
cry.

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck.
--Acts xx. 37.

Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh.
--Mitford.

And eyes that wake to weep. --Mrs. Hemans.

And they wept together in silence. --Longfellow.

2. To lament; to complain. ``They weep unto me, saying, Give
us flesh, that we may eat.'' --Num. xi. 13.

3. To flow in drops; to run in drops.

The blood weeps from my heart. --Shak.

4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.

5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to
droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.


Weep \Weep\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.


Weep \Weep\, v. t.
1. To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. ``I weep bitterly the
dead.'' --A. S. Hardy.

We wandering go
Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe.
--Pope.

2. To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as
if tears; as, to weep tears of joy.

Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. --Milton.

Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm.
--Milton.