tear/tɪəʳ/

n C 眼泪；泪珠

• a tear-stained face 带着泪痕的脸

• I burst into tears on hearing that. 听到这我哭了起来。

• His eyes filled with tears. 他眼噙泪水。

词组dissolve in tears 眼泪汪汪

• On hearing the news she dissolved in tears. 一听到这消息，她泪流满面地哭了起来。

in tears 在哭泣

• The little girl was in tears because her elder brother broke her doll. 小女孩在哭，因为她哥哥把她的洋娃娃弄坏了。

mingle tears 对泣

• We mingled our tears. 我们相对而泣。

shed tears

1. 哭泣

• We shed sympathetic tears over his death. 我们对他的去世掬以同情之泪。

2. 可惜；惋惜

• We shed tears over his departure from our office. 我们对他的辞职离去表示惋惜。