to need sth very much 迫切需要：The company is crying out/or/^esh new tatent•公甸急_具有最新理念的人才。
m noun
(pi. cries) 1 [C] a loud sound
without words that expresses a strong feeling (表达强烈感情的）叫喊，叫
声：to give a
cry of anguish/despair/relief/surprise/ terror, etc.发出痛苦、绝望、如释重负、惊讶、恐怖等的
叫声 2 [C] a loud
shout 大喊；大叫；呼喊：With
a cry 〇/
‘Stop fhie//’ he ran a片er the boy.他一边喊“鮮贼啊！”
一泣追赶那男孩。◊ Her
a/iswer was greeted wit/i cries 〇/
outrage.她的回答起了一片愤怒的吼叫。3 [C] the sound made by a
bird or an animal ■(鸟的）鸣叫，啼 叫；（动物的
7 晦叫，吠：t/ie c/y o/guHs cirding
overhead 海鸥在头顶上盘旋着发出
的鸣叫
4 [sing.]
an action or a period of crying 哭；一阵哭备：Z /eZt a Zot better q/ter a
goocHong ay.我痛痛快快哭了一场，好受多了。
5 [C]〜(for sth) an urgent demand or request for sth 迫切需姜；恳未：Her suicide attempt was
reaHy a cry /or hdp.她企图自杀实际上表明她迫切需要帮助。6 [C]
(especially in compounds 尤角于构.成复合词)■ a word or phrase
that expresses a group's beliefs and calls people to action 口.号：a battZe cry 战4* p，IT»!7!1 in full cry talking or shouting loudly and in an enthusiastic way 激情呐喊；大声疾呼：rfte Leeds supporters were
m /uH 〇y.利兹队的球迷泰激情高昂地呐喊助威。一more at
FAR adj.,
VOCABULARY BUILDING 词汇扩充
cry哭
To cry
is the most general word for producing tears when you are unhappy or hurt,
or when you are extremely happy. * cry是指因悲伤、痛苦或喜悦而流
泪的最普通用词。
■
To sob means to cry noisily, taking sudden, sharp
breaths. * sob意为啜泣、抽噎。
■
To wail means to cry in a loud high voice. * wail
^
为号啕大哭。
■
To whimper means to cry making low, weak rtoises.
*
whimper意为小声啜泣、呜咽。
■
To v/eep {literciry or formal) means to cry
quietly for 3 longtime. * weep {文学或正式用语}意为饮泣。
All'theseverbs
carvbe’used like ‘say’.以上动词均与 say'. '甩法梅轉t ‘丨 don’t want you to go，’:she crie^l/wailed广 “我不想你走。”她哭/号哭/抽噎着说。
鼸
To be in tears means to be crying. * be in tears 意为 流泪。
m To burst into tears means to suddenly begin to
cry.
*
burst into tears意为突然哭起来。
■
To cry your eyes out means to cry a lot or for
a long time, because you are very sad. * cry one- s eyes out
意为痛哭不止。
cry-baby /'kraibeibi/ noun {pi. -ies) (informal, disapproving) a person, especially a child, who cries
too often or without good reason爱哭的人，动不动就哭的人（尤
指小孩）：Don’t be such a crybaby.别j动不▲就哭鼻子。 cry-ing /'kranrj/ adj., noun
■
adj. [only
before noun] IT»T?I1 be a crying 'shame
[informal) used to emphasize that you think sth is
extremely bad or shocking (用于强调）极其糟糕，‘#
震惊：Jt’s a crying shame to
waste aH that/ood•那么座
食物都浪费f，真是太不像话了4
a
crying’need (for sth) a great and urgent need for sth 迫切的需要
■
noun [U] the sound or act of crying 哭泣声；哭泣二
the
crying 〇/
ferried
cMidren小孩受了.惊吓的哭声
cryo-gen /'krai0d3an/ noun {physics ^j) any liquid that is used to produce very
low temperatures 冷齐ij cryo-gen-ic /,kraia'd3enik/ adj. {physics ^j) involving the use of very low temperatures
低温的；备冷的：a cryogenic storage system
低温冷藏系统 cryo-gen.ics Akraia’dsemks/'/iotm.lXJl
(/jhys/cs.物）the scientific study of the
production and effects of very low temperatures 低温学一.compare cryoniCs，
cry-on-ics
/krai'Dmks;
NAmE -a:n-/ noun [U] [medical g) the process of freezing
a body at the moment of its death with the hope that it will be brought back to
life at some future time人体冷冻法（把人体在死亡时冷冻起
来以期在将来起死回生}
—compare
cryogenics crypt /kript/ noun a room under the floor of
a church, used especially in the past as a place for burying people (尤$旧时作墓穴用的）教堂地下室 cryp-tic /'kriptik/ adj. with a meaning that is hidden or not
easily understood含义隐晦的；晦淫难懂的
mysterious ： a cryptic message/remark/smile A
困惑的信息/话语/微笑<>a cryptic crossword
due扑朔 迷离的纵横字谜线索
t
cryp*tk>al4y /-kli/ flt/v.: Yes and
no/sherepHedaypticaHy. “又是又不是。”她回答得很
隐晦。
crypt❹-/'kripteu; /V/\m£ -tou/ ,0/777 (in nouns
裣成名_) secret秘密的；保密的；隐蔽的：a crypto- communist 地下共产党员
crypt-og-raphy
/krip'tDgrafi;
NAmE -'a:g-/ noun [U] the art of writing or
solving codes 密码学 crypto-spor-id-ium /.kriptauspa'ridiam; NAmE ,krip- tou-/ noun a parasite found in water that causes infec- tions inside the
body隐孢子虫（水中寄生虫，可引致体
内受感染）
crys-tal
/'kristl/
noun 1 [C] a small piece of a
substance with many even sides, that is formed naturally when the substance
becomes solid 结晶；晶体：fce/salt crystak 冰
/ 盐的结晶体
2
[U'C] a clear mineral, such as quartz,
used in making jewellery and decorative objects水晶（如石英，用于制作珠宝饰物）：a pair 〇/ crystal earrings —对水晶耳坏
3 [U] glass of very high quality 水晶玻璃：a crystal chandeHer/vase 水晶玻璃
，枝形桌灯 /花無 4 [C] a piece of glass or plastic
that covers the face of a watch石英玻璃表护面；塑料表
护面；表蒙宁一see also LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY .crystal 'ball noun a clear glass ball used by
people who claim they can predict what will happen in the future by looking
into it (占.卜用的）水晶命：Mt/iowt a crystal ball, ifs impossible to say
where well be next year.不用水晶球预卜未来，我们说不准明年处境如何。
■ crystal
’clear fle/y.
1 (of glass, water, etc.玻璃、水等） completely dear and bright 清澈透明的；晶金命
2 very
easy to understand; completely obvious 浅显易懂的；
显.命易见的：J wemt to mafce my meaning oystaZ
cZear. 我想疱―的意思解释得清清楚楚。〇 note at clear 'crystal-gazing noun [U] 1 the activity of looking at a crystal ball
in order to predict the future 球晶占卜（凝 视水晶球预卜未来
> 2 attempts to predict
what will happen in the future, especially when these are considered to be not
very scientific (尤指不科学的）预 测未来；臆测
crys.tal.line
/’kristalain/
1 术语）made of
or
similar to crystals结晶的；水晶制的；晶状的：
crystaZKne
structure/rocfcs 晶体结构；结晶岩
2 (/omw/) very dear清澈的；透明的；晶莹的HE1 transparent:
water
o/crysta 出 ne puriiy 清澈纯净的水
：， crys-tal-lize {BrE also -ise) /'kristalaiz/ verb 1 (of thoughts, plans，beliefs, etc.想法、计划、信仰等）to become clear and fixed;
to make thoughts, beliefs, etc. clear and fixed变明确；使（想法、信仰等）明确：[V]
Our
ideas began to crystaHfze into a de/i'nite pZan•我们■的
想法开始形，成了
^个明确的计划。◊
[VN】 77ie /inaZ
chapter crystaHfzes aH the main issues.最后一章澄清了 所看的主奏1
问题。2 (ted7/?/〇7/ 术语)to form or make sth form into
crystaMog-raphy /.krista'lDgrafi; NAmE -'lo:g-; -'la:g-/ noun [U] the branch of science
that deals with
-'lo:g-; -'la:g-/ noun
'crystal set (also .crystal 'radio) noun a simple early radio which
was listened to wearing headphones (卓
期用耳机的）晶体检波接收机，矿石收音机