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sob /ˈsɑb/
(vi.)啜泣,嗚咽(vt.)哭訴,哭得使啜泣,嗚咽
Sob, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sobbed p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing.] To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. --Bacon.
She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.
She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. --Dryden.
Sob, n.
1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. --Dryden.
2. Any sorrowful cry or sound.
The tremulous sob of the complaining owl. --Wordsworth.
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SOB
n 1: a dyspneic condition [syn: shortness of breath, breathlessness]
2: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or
irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard, cocksucker,
dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick,
whoreson, son of a bitch]
3: convulsive gasp made while weeping [syn: sobbing]
v : weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"