shed tears
collocation流泪
She shed tears of joy at the news.
她听到这个消息喜极而泣。
眼泪；泪滴
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眼泪；泪滴
A drop of clear, salty liquid that flows from the eye, especially when crying.
A tear rolled down her cheek as she watched the sad movie.
她看那部悲伤的电影时，一滴眼泪顺着脸颊滚落下来。
撕裂造成的洞或裂口。
A hole or break caused by tearing.
眼睛因哭泣或受刺激而流出的清澈咸味液体滴。
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
由泪腺分泌的清澈咸水滴
a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
透明液滴状物；也指某些香脂或树脂的透明固体泪滴状颗粒。
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
He wiped the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand.
他用手背擦去眼里的泪水。
AI contextual example
There were tears in her eyes when she heard the good news.
听到那个好消息时，她眼里噙着泪水。
AI contextual example
his story brought tears to her eyes
他的故事让她泪水夺眶而出
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流泪
She shed tears of joy at the news.
她听到这个消息喜极而泣。
突然大哭
He burst into tears when he heard the sad story.
他听到这个悲伤的故事突然大哭起来。
喜悦的泪水
The crowd wiped away tears of joy.
人群擦去了喜悦的泪水。
磨损
The carpet shows signs of wear and tear.
地毯有磨损的痕迹。
…上的裂口
There is a tear in the fabric.
布料上有一个裂口。
催泪瓦斯
Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散人群。
鳄鱼的眼泪（假慈悲）
She pretended to be sad, but those were just crocodile tears.
她假装伤心，但那不过是鳄鱼的眼泪。
流着泪；哭泣
He was in tears after hearing the news.
他听到消息后泪流满面。
催人泪下的故事或电影
That movie is a real tear jerker; I cried all the way through.
那部电影真是催人泪下，我一路哭到底。
眼泪是悲伤的无声语言。
He wiped a tear from his eye.
他擦去眼里的泪水。
天堂的眼泪
She listened to 'Tears in Heaven' and felt sad.
她听了《天堂的眼泪》，感到悲伤。
发短 /ɛ/ 音 (如 head, bread)
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想象一下：撕破纸张时产生裂缝(tear)，哭泣时落下泪珠(tear) — 同一拼写，不同意义。
通常，tear表示眼泪时在口语和书面语中均使用，属于中性词汇，常见于日常情感表达。
The spelling 'ear' is pronounced /ɪr/ in words like 'near' (rhymes with tear for eye drop) and /ɛr/ in words like 'care' (rhymes with tear for rip). The target 'tear' has both pronunciations as a homograph.
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