tearful
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tear·ful /ˈtɪəfəl $ ˈtɪr-/ (also teary informal) adjective CRYsomeone who is tearful is crying a little, or almost crying 哭泣的；含泪的，快要哭的 a tearful farewell 含泪的告别 —tearfully adverb She looked at me tearfully. 她泪汪汪地看着我。Examples from the Corpus
tearful• Once in bed she felt unable to move at all and became tearful.• For some fans, it wasn't enough to leave trinkets and pictures scrawled with tearful goodbye messages in just one place.• a tearful goodbye• He smiled at her, trying to look comforting; he was feeling almost as tearful himself.• Once again he listened calmly to her tearful pleas, and once again Scott refused to walk out on the station and join Annabel.• She had a tearful reunion with her parents, Alan and Audrey, who stayed at the hospital overnight.• Few people watching the tearful, scruffily-dressed woman burst through the court doors to freedom would have recognised her as a countess.tear·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
little, is a who or is Corpus tearful someone crying crying almost
tearful
tear‧ful /ˈtɪəfəl $ ˈtɪr-/
(also teary informal) adjectivesomeone who is tearful is crying a little, or almost crying:
a tearful farewell
—tearfully adverb:
She looked at me tearfully.
tear‧ful /ˈtɪəfəl $ ˈtɪr-/
(also teary informal) adjectivesomeone who is tearful is crying a little, or almost crying: —tearfully adverb: