n.叹气；叹息
v.叹息；惋惜
When he heard the news, he uttered a sigh. 听到这消息时，他叹了口气。
She heaved a sigh and became lost in thought. 她叹了口气，随即陷入了沉思。
The old man uttered a sigh and went out. 那位老人叹息了一声,走了出去。
I bury my face in my hands and heave a sigh. 我掩着面叹息。
用作动词 (v.)He sighed with despair. 他绝望地叹了口气。
‘I wish I didn't have so much to do,’she sighed. ｀我但愿没有这么多事情要做,＇她叹著气说。
She looked out of the window, sighing for her lost youth. 她看着窗外，为她失去的青春而惋惜。
sigh的基本意思是“叹息,叹气”,指无意识地发出表示强烈渴望、失去信心、悲痛、思念、悔恨、沮丧、厌倦等情绪的深深叹息,是一种不情愿的情感表达。
sigh可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,也可接同源宾语。
sigh可引出直接引语。
