Used before the name of a tree, `weeping` means the branches grow downwards, hanging in long soft curves towards the ground instead of reaching up. The most famous is the **weeping willow** (垂柳), and you will also meet weeping cherry, weeping fig, weeping birch.

Used before the name of a tree用在樹名前面時，`weeping` means the branches grow downwardsweeping 的意思是枝條往下垂，hanging in long soft curves towards the ground instead of reaching up呈現長長柔軟的弧線垂向地面，而不是往上長。The most famous is the weeping willow (垂柳)最有名的是 weeping willow（垂柳），and you will also meet weeping cherry, weeping fig, weeping birch你也會遇到 weeping cherry（垂枝櫻）、weeping fig（垂榕）、weeping birch（垂枝樺）。

Notice how the word works: it is not saying the tree is sad. It is saying the tree LOOKS like a person crying — head down, arms down, hair falling forward. English gives the tree the shape of a grieving person, and the name stuck.

Notice how the word works要注意這個字是怎麼運作的：it is not saying the tree is sad它不是說這棵樹很悲傷。It is saying the tree LOOKS like a person crying它是說這棵樹看起來像一個在哭的人 — head down頭低低的，arms down手垂著，hair falling forward頭髮往前垂落。English gives the tree the shape of a grieving person英文把一個悲傷的人的樣子套在這棵樹上，and the name stuck這個名字就這樣留下來了。

In gardening and botany this is a fixed technical label, so a plant seller writing "weeping form" simply means the drooping type, with no feeling attached at all. That said, because of the picture inside it, writers and songwriters lean on the weeping willow whenever they want sadness in a scene, so the word does carry a mood in poems and stories.

In gardening and botany在園藝和植物學裡 this is a fixed technical label這是一個固定的專業術語，so a plant seller writing "weeping form"所以賣植物的人寫「weeping form」時 simply means the drooping type單純是指下垂型的品種，with no feeling attached at all完全沒有帶任何情緒。That said話雖如此，because of the picture inside it因為這個字裡帶著那個畫面，writers and songwriters lean on the weeping willow作家和作詞人只要想在場景裡放進悲傷 whenever they want sadness in a scene就會靠 weeping willow 這個意象，so the word does carry a mood in poems and stories所以這個字在詩和故事裡的確帶著情緒。

The same word has other lives you should keep separate: `weeping` as the -ing form of the verb `weep` (crying, especially quietly and for a long time — a formal, literary word: "she was weeping"); `weeping` as a noun for that crying ("the sound of weeping"); and a medical use, "a weeping wound," meaning a wound that leaks clear fluid. The tree sense is the one here, and it is the one that behaves like an adjective glued to the front of a plant name.

The same word has other lives you should keep separate這個字還有其他意思，要分開來看：`weeping` as the -ing form of the verb `weep`weeping 當動詞 weep 的 -ing 形式 (crying, especially quietly and for a long time意思是哭，尤其是安靜地哭很久 — a formal, literary word是個正式、文學性的字："she was weeping"像「she was weeping」／她哭泣著)；`weeping` as a noun for that cryingweeping 也可以當名詞指那種哭泣 ("the sound of weeping"像「the sound of weeping」／哭泣聲)；and a medical use還有一個醫學用法，"a weeping wound,"像「a weeping wound」（滲液的傷口） meaning a wound that leaks clear fluid意思是會滲出清澈液體的傷口。The tree sense is the one here這裡講的是樹的這個意思，and it is the one that behaves like an adjective glued to the front of a plant name而且它的用法就像形容詞一樣黏在植物名稱前面。