sigh

[sai]

n.叹气, 叹息
v.叹息, 惋惜

例句与用法：

He could not but look up to the sky and sigh deeply when his lifetime of frustrations passed through his mind.

想起自己坎坷的一生，他不由仰天长叹。

With a hopeless sigh, he turned away.

他发出一声绝望的叹息，转身走开了。

I wish I didn't have so much to do, ' she sighed.

｀我但愿能没有这麽多事情做，＇她叹著气说。

We all heaved a sigh of relief when we heard that they were safe.

当我们听说他们平安无事时，都松了一口气。

He sighed with despair.

他绝望地叹了口气。

She looked out of the window, sighing for her lost youth.

她看着窗外，为她失去的青春而惋惜。

词形变化：

名词: sigher | 动词过去式: sighed | 动词过去分词: sighed | 动词现在分词: sighing | 动词第三人称单数: sighs |

详细释义：

vi.

1. 叹气, 叹息

We heard her sigh with relief.

我们听到她宽慰地叹了一口气。

2. 惋惜; 思念[(+for)]

She sighed for home and friends.

她思念家乡和朋友。

3. 发叹息似的声音; 发飒飒声

Wind sighed in the branches.

风在树枝间飒飒做响。

vt.

1. 叹息着说出

The old woman sighed out her grief.

老妇人叹着气叙说她的悲哀。

2. 想……而叹气

3. 在叹息中消磨(时光)[(+away)]

n.[C]

1. 叹气, 叹息

After reading her daughter's letter Mrs. White breathed a sigh of relief.

读完女儿的来信, 怀特太太宽慰地松了口气。

2. 叹息似的声音; 飒飒声