泣く
解説 Definition
weeps は weep「泣く」の三人称単数現在形です。悲しみや痛み、強い感情から涙を流すことを表します。
Weeps is the third-person singular present form of weep. It describes a person who sheds tears, typically because of grief, pain, or strong emotion, and often sounds more literary or solemn than the general verb cry.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- cry より文語的・厳かな響きを持つことがあり、涙を流すことに焦点を当てます。 Compared with cry, weep can sound more literary or solemn and focuses on shedding tears.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
weep に三人称単数現在の -s を付けて weeps。語尾は /s/ で、She weeps.「彼女は涙を流す」と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Add the third-person singular present ending -s to weep: weeps. The ending is pronounced /s/. Remember it through “She weeps.”
例文
She weeps quietly after hearing the sad news.
彼女は悲しい知らせを聞いて、静かに涙を流します。
The child weeps when his father leaves the room.
その子は父親が部屋を出ると泣きます。
weeps の類義語・関連語
weeps の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語「wēpan（泣く・嘆く）」に由来。ゲルマン祖語*wōpijanąから派生し、ゴート語wōpjanと同根。千年以上「涙を流して悲しむ」という意味が変わらず保たれてきた基本語彙。関連語：weeping（嘆き）、wail（泣き叫ぶ）。
Weeps is the third-person singular present form of weep, made by adding the regular ending -s. Weep descends from Old English wēpan, “to cry or lament,” and is related to forms reconstructed within the Germanic language family. The central meaning of shedding tears in grief or distress has remained remarkably stable. Modern English retains an irregular vowel change in the past tense and past participle, wept, while the present-tense form weeps follows the ordinary spelling and pronunciation pattern.
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