wailer

哀悼者, 恸哭者

发音

UK /ˈweɪlə/
其它
US /ˈweɪlɚ/

词形变化

wailers 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who wails or laments.

  2. 2.

    A professional hired mourner.

  3. 1.

    A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.

    历史 商务 采矿

词汇关系

名词

上位词 9

speaker talker mourner griever lamenter sorrower utterer verbaliser verbalizer

词源

From Middle English wayler, weilere; equivalent to wail + -er.

来源：wiktionary