wail

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n. 恸哭, 哀号, 嚎啕, 呼啸(声) vi. 恸哭, 呼啸, 悲叹, 哀号, 嚎啕

发音

US /weɪl/

词形变化

wails 复数 wails wails 三单 wailing 现在分词 wailed 过去式 wailed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

哀号；悲叹；恸哭声

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.

    She let out a loud, doleful wail.

  2. 2.

    Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.

    The wail of snow-dark winter winds.

    A bird's wail in the night.

  3. 3.

    A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.

    嚎啕

    号啕

    号哭

    啼哭

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.

    哀泣

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To make a noise like mourning or crying.

    不及物

    The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.

  4. 4.

    To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.

    及物

    to wail one's death

  5. 5.

    To perform with great liveliness and force.

    俚语 音乐
  6. 1.

    Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”).

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

lament lamentation plaint

上位词 1

complaint
动词

同义词 8

roar howl whimper mewl pule ululate yaup yawl

上位词 10

call cry scream shout yell weep holler squall hollo shout out

下位词 3

squall waul wawl

相关短语

wail on whale on Daily Wail death wail

词源

c. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norse væla (“to wail”), from væ, vei (“woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai (whence also Old English wā (“woe”) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy. The verb is first attested in the intransitive sense; the transitive sense developed in mid-14ᵗʰ c.. The noun came from the verb.

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