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

• Pluck up a spirit, and do not be all the time sighing and murmuring!
  打起点精神来，别总是哀声叹气的！
• '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。
• 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。
• What are you sighing about?
  你为什么唉声叹气？
• I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing.
  我听到你的声音，就像天使在叹息。
• 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？
• Inhaling slowly and exhaling deeply with some force or Sighing comes naturally to most of us.
  慢慢吸气，然后用点力深深吐气或者叹气，这是我们大多数人都习以为常的。这被看作释放压力或者刚刚完成紧急任务的确定信号。
• He is sighing for home and friends.
  他在思念家乡和故旧。
• 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。
• 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。