sob
She sobbed quietly in the corner.
她在角落里轻声抽泣。
哽咽着说；哭诉；浸泡；浸透；浸泡；浸湿；呜咽着说；哭诉
to cry noisily with short, sudden breaths
抽泣；啜泣
To weep with convulsive gasps.
浸泡；浸湿
To soak.
呜咽着说；哭诉
To say (something) while sobbing.
一般现在时
She sobs quietly in the corner.
她在角落里轻声啜泣。
一般过去时
He sobbed uncontrollably after hearing the news.
听到消息后，他失控地啜泣。
现在进行时
The child is sobbing because he lost his toy.
孩子在啜泣，因为他丢了玩具。
动词形式规则变化
She sobbed in her bedroom after the argument.
争吵之后，她在卧室里抽泣。
用法提示：sobbed 是动词 sob 的过去式，作谓语，表示“抽泣”。
The baby sobbed until its mother picked it up.
婴儿一直抽泣，直到妈妈把他抱起来。
用法提示：sobbed 是动词 sob 的过去式，作谓语，表示“啜泣”。
I could hear my sister sobbing in the next room.
我能听到妹妹在隔壁房间抽泣。
用法提示：sobbing 是动词 sob 的现在分词，在句中作宾语补足语，表示“抽泣”。
She sobbed quietly in the corner.
她在角落里轻声抽泣。
He sobbed out his apologies.
他哭着道歉。
The child sobbed herself to sleep.
那个孩子哭着睡着了。
通用词，但sob特指抽泣，cry范围更广
较正式，强调流泪，不一定发出声音
指轻声哭诉，较sob更小声
带贬义，指假哭或弱懦地哭
非正式，指大声哭，与sob的轻柔相反
grammar · medium
易错句子He sobbed his sadness.
正确表达He sobbed with sadness.
动词 "sob" 是不及物动词，不能直接后接表示情感的名词作宾语。正确表达需用介词 "with" 表示伴随的状态，"sob with sadness" 意为“因悲伤而啜泣”。
grammar · medium
易错句子She sobbed for help.
正确表达She cried for help.
"Sob" 特指小声啜泣，不表示大声呼救。在紧急情况下请求帮助应使用 "cry for help"，"cry" 可表示大声呼喊。
与啜泣对立，表示发出笑声
与呜咽对立，表示愉快的轻笑
sob 强调抽噎、哽咽的哭泣方式，而 cry 泛指任何哭泣行为，包括嚎啕大哭、小声哭等。
weep 常指无声或低声地流泪，较为正式；sob 则强调伴有哽咽声的哭泣。
whimper 多指因恐惧或疼痛而发出的低声抽泣，程度较轻；sob 则更强烈，伴有明显的深呼吸。
轻声啜泣
He sobbed quietly in the corner.
他在角落里轻声啜泣。
无法控制地啜泣
She sobbed uncontrollably after hearing the news.
听到消息后，她无法控制地啜泣。
靠在某人肩上啜泣
The child sobbed into his mother's shoulder.
孩子靠在母亲肩上啜泣。
哭诉着说出
She sobbed out the truth.
她哭诉着说出真相。
哭着入睡
The baby sobbed herself to sleep.
婴儿哭着入睡了。
因释然而啜泣
He sobbed with relief when he saw his family safe.
看到家人安全时，他因释然而啜泣。
哭诉的故事；博取同情的叙述
He told me a sob story about losing his job to get some money.
他给我讲了一个关于失业的哭诉故事，想弄点钱。
哭得伤心欲绝
After the breakup, she sobbed her heart out for hours.
分手后，她哭了好几个小时，伤心欲绝。
哭着入睡
The child sobbed himself to sleep after being scolded.
孩子被责骂后哭着睡着了。
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