核心畫面

Crying so hard the breath breaks up — short sudden between the cries, chest and shoulders shaking with each one. Not tears, but the broken rhythm of the breath.

哭到呼吸被打斷的那種狀態:哭聲不是連續的一條線,而是一下一下被切開——每哭一陣,身體就得急促地倒抽一口氣,胸口和肩膀更多收起哭到呼吸被打斷的那種狀態:哭聲不是連續的一條線,而是一下一下被切開——每哭一陣,身體就得急促地倒抽一口氣,胸口和肩膀跟著抖。cry 只說明你在流淚,sob 說的是那口氣接不上來、整個身體都被牽動的樣子。一種想法是,sob 的重點不在眼淚,而在那個「抽」的節奏:聲音、呼吸、肩膀,全都一起一頓一頓。

One branch

抽噎地哭

兩個意思共用同一個畫面,差別只在說話的人有沒有同時開口:一個是純粹在哭,一個是在這樣的哭裡硬要把話講出來。

sob, cry noisily · verb · B2

to cry in a noisy way, pulling in short sudden breaths, so that your chest and shoulders shake as you cry.

啜泣;抽噎地哭

原始詞典資料12 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。

sobnoun詞源 1/sɒb/

  • 1

    A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

  • 2

    The sound of sob.

    • “My husband, alas! whom I now (sob, sob) mourn, A short time since (sob) to this grave (sob) was borne; And (sob) he lies buried in this (sob, sob) grave.”

sobverb詞源 1/sɒb/

  • 1

    To weep with convulsive gasps.

    • She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.
    • She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.
  • 2

    To say (something) while sobbing.

    • "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

sobverb詞源 2/sɒb/

  • 1

    To soak.

    • the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood

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