C 眼泪，泪水 drops of salty liquid that flows from the eyes, especially because of pain or sadness

　break into ～s　突然哭起来
　bring ～s to one's eyes　使人掉泪
　brush the ～s away　挥泪
　burst into ～s　忽然哭起来
　call for ～s　使流出眼泪
　conceal one's ～s　隐藏泪痕
　control one's ～s　极力忍住眼泪
　draw ～s　流泪
　drop ～s　掉眼泪
　dry one's ～s　擦干眼泪
　fill with ～s　充满泪水
　give way to ～s　忍不住哭起来
　move sb to ～s　使某人感动得流下了眼泪
　wipe one's ～s away　把眼泪擦去
　a few ～s　几滴眼泪
　bitter ～s　辛酸的眼泪
　pearly ～s　晶莹的泪珠
　regretful ～s　悔恨的泪
　sad ～s　伤心的泪
　squeezed ～s　硬挤出的眼泪
　sympathetic ～s　同情的眼泪
　warm ～s　热泪
　crocodile's ～s　鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲
　strings of ～s　一串串泪珠
　with ～s　噙着泪
　without ～s　不流泪
　～s of happiness　幸福的泪
　～s of joy　高兴的泪水
　～s of regret　悔恨的眼泪

　The tears flowed down from her eyes.　泪水从她的眼中涌出。
　Her tears were fought back on such an occasion.　在这种场合下她忍住了眼泪。
　She cried hot tears upon the books.　她哭得热泪都滴到书上了。
　The old man's tears were flowing freely.　老人的眼泪流出来了。
　She came near to tears.　她几乎要哭了。
　When I told them my story the girls broke into tears.　当我给女孩子们讲了我的身世后，她们都哭起来了。
　It was difficult for her to fight back her tears.　她很难忍住不流泪。
　When she learned the sad news, she found it hard to choke back her tears.　当她得知那个悲痛的消息时，泪水止不住夺眶而出。
　The remark touched her to the quick and she gave way to tears.　那句话刺痛了她，使她情不自禁地哭了起来。
　The sound of her sob fetched tears to the eyes.　她的啜泣声使人流泪。
　He brushed aside the tears with his sleeve.　他用衣袖擦去泪水。
　She turned round, and dashed away the tears with a corner of her handkerchief.　她转过身，用手帕的一角把泪水抹掉。
　I was truly moved by his tears.　我的确被他的眼泪感动了。
　She cannot fool me with her crocodile's tears.　我不会被她的假慈悲欺骗。
　His eyes filled with tears as he looked lovingly at her.　他饱含深情地望着她时，眼里充满了泪水。
　Her eyes were flooded with tears.　她的眼里充满了泪水。
　Her eyes were blinded with tears.　泪水模糊了她的眼睛。
　She alternated between laughter and tears.　她时笑时哭。
　This is English grammar without tears.　这是一本容易看懂的英语语法书。

 ♣ brush away a/one's tear　
　擦掉眼泪　clear away the tears
　She brushed away a tear.　她擦掉眼泪。
　Brushing away her tears, she promised to return.　她抹掉泪珠，答应回来。
 ♣ gulp back one's tears　
　抑制眼泪　hold back; control tears
　Mary was still crying when unexpected visitors arrived; gulping back her tears, she made an effort to greet them cheerfully.　当有人突然来访时，玛丽还在哭，她强忍着泪水，努力作出高兴的样子来接待他们。
 ♣ make with the tears　
　产生眼泪　produce the tears
　She made with the tears to try to win everyone's sympathy.　她挤下几滴眼泪，企图以此来赢得大家的同情。
 ♣ melt into tears
　痛哭　begin to sweep freely
　Mary melted into tears when she heard the bad news.　当玛丽听到这个坏消息时大哭了起来。
 ♣ in tears
　流着泪　crying
　The girl ran out of the room in tears.　这姑娘哭着从房间跑出去了。
　Her eyes were bathed in tears.　她泪眼汪汪的。
　Shocked by the sad news, she broke out in tears.　那不幸消息使她震惊，她失声痛哭了。
　When they heard of the surrender of Nazi Germany, they broke out in tears and laughter.　当他们听说纳粹德国已投降时，激动得又是哭又是笑。

 ♣ 下面两句意思相同：
　

　听到这坏消息，可怜的女孩子突然哭了起来。
　［误］ They poor girl burst into tear when she heard the bad news.
　［正］ They poor girl burst into tears when she heard the bad news.
　［析］ tear作“眼泪”解时，为可数名词，常用复数形式。

　［词源］　古英语tear（泪）