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- sorrow ['sɒrəυ]
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1.
n
sorrowing the outward expression of grief or sadness
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2.
n
the characteristic feeling of sadness, grief, or regret associated with loss, bereavement, sympathy for another's suffering, for an injury done, etc
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3.
n
a particular cause or source of regret, grief, etc
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4.
vi.
[intr]
to mourn or grieve
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5.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English sorg; related to Old Norse sorg, Gothic saurga, Old High German sworga
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1.
n
sorrowing the outward expression of grief or sadness
Examples
- Joy is the antithesis of sorrow.
- 欢乐是悲痛的对立面 → antithesis
- counterfeit sorrow
- 假悲伤 → counterfeit
- His face expressed sorrow.
- 他脸上显出悲伤的样子。 → express
- heavy sorrow
- 难以忍受的悲痛 → heavy
- laden with sorrow
- 为悲伤所折磨 → laden
- sorrow that was mere show
- 纯粹是装出来的悲伤 → show
- joy tinged with sorrow
- 夹杂着悲伤的欢乐 → tinge
- Her face told of the sorrow.
- 她的脸上满是悲伤。 → tell
- (formal) Since the accident, she has known great sorrow.
- 那次事故发生之后，她才明白了什么是恸切。 → know
- I feel for you in your sorrow → feel
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