vi 嗚咽，啜泣，抽噎(breathe noisily while weeping in sudden short bursts)[I，I+prep]：～aloud/hysterically 大聲地/歇斯底里地嗚咽;The wind～bed. 風(fēng)凄鳴著。hear sb～bing in the room 聽到某人在房間里抽泣;～into one's handkerchief 用手絹掩面哭泣;〖同〗weep，cry;〖反〗laugh;
sob one's heart out 抽泣，哭得很傷心：When she heard her husband was leaving，Mary just～bed her heart out. 瑪麗聽說自己的丈夫即將離開時，哭得死去活來。
sob out (v adv)哭泣著訴說(vt)：She～bed out the story of the tragic accident. 她哭泣著講述那次悲慘的事故。
n 嗚咽(聲);啜泣(聲)，抽噎(聲)(act or sound of sobbing)[C]：the～s of the wind/the baby 風(fēng)/嬰兒的嗚咽;break down with a～哭泣著倒下;give a～of relief 寬慰地抽泣了一聲;〖同〗cry;〖反〗laugh;
→′sobbingly adv 嗚咽地;′sob-story n 非常悲傷的故事;′sob-stuff n 充滿傷感情調(diào)的文章(話);
【辨異】sob 與 cry 和 weep的區(qū)別見CRY。