核心畫面

One long breath let out slowly, loud enough to hear — the sound a body makes when something inside it finally comes out: tiredness, , disappointment, or relief.

可以想成一口氣慢慢吐出來,長到旁邊的人聽得見:肩膀鬆下來、胸口一空。那個聲音本身沒有字,卻很清楚地把心裡的東西送出去更多收起可以想成一口氣慢慢吐出來,長到旁邊的人聽得見:肩膀鬆下來、胸口一空。那個聲音本身沒有字,卻很清楚地把心裡的東西送出去了——可能是累、是無聊、是失望,也可能是終於放下心的鬆一口氣。sigh 這個字抓的就是這口氣,動詞是吐它的動作,名詞是吐出來的那一聲。

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

sighverb詞源 1/saɪ/

  • 1

    To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.

    • When she saw it wasn't damaged, she sighed with relief.
    • He sighed. It was going to be a long night.
  • 2

    To lament; to grieve.

    • He sighed deeply in his spirit.
  • 3

    To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

    • Ages to come, and men unborn, / Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.
    • The lassie had grace given her to refuse, but with a woeful heart, and Heriotside rode off in black discontent, leaving poor Ailie to sigh her love. He came back the next day and the next, but aye he got the same answer.
  • 4

    To make a sound like sighing.

    • The wind sighed in the trees.
    • And the coming wind did roar more loud, / And the sails did sigh like sedge.
  • 5

    To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

    • She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan.
    • sigh a note and sing a note
  • 6

    To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

    • "I guess I have no choice," she sighed.
    • She sighed her frustrations.

sighnoun詞源 2/saɪ/

  • 1

    A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.

    • To Pollyanna the air was all the more stifling after that cool breath of the out of doors; but she did not complain. She only drew a long quivering sigh.
  • 2

    a manifestation of grief; a lament.

  • 3

    slangA person who is bored.

sighintj詞源 2/saɪ/

  • 1

    An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

    • Sigh, I'm so bored at work today.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。