lament

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n. 悲叹, 悔恨, 恸哭, 挽歌, 悼词 vt. 哀悼 vi. 悔恨, 悲叹

发音

UK /ləˈmɛnt/
AU
US /ləˈmɛnt/
其它

词形变化

laments 复数 laments lamented lamentest lamenteth lamenting laments 三单 lamenting 现在分词 lamented 过去式 lamented 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

挽歌；恸哭；悲痛之情

动词

哀悼；悲叹；悔恨

动词

哀悼；痛惜

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.

  2. 2.

    A song expressing grief.

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

wail requiem lamentation coronach dirge elegy plaint threnody

上位词 4

song complaint poem vocal

下位词 1

keen
动词

同义词 4

keen deplore bemoan bewail

上位词 6

kick plain complain kvetch quetch sound off

词源

A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“to wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.

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