wail
wail 英 [weɪl] 美 [wel]
vi. 哀号；悲叹 vt. 为某人死亡而悲痛；哀悼某人；哀号着说 n. 哀号；悲叹；恸哭声
进行时:wailing 过去式:wailed 过去分词:wailed 第三人称单数:wails 名词复数:wails
- To wail is to let loose a long loud cry. If you're feeling truly miserable, take a deep breath and wail as loudly as possible.
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- vi. 哀号；悲叹
- vt. 为某人死亡而悲痛；哀悼某人；哀号着说
- n. 哀号；悲叹；恸哭声
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1. Why, the experts wail, are so many people wasting their lives solving meaningless puzzles in virtual worlds?
专家们悲叹，为何如此多人愿在虚拟世界中为解决无意义的谜题而浪费生命呢？
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2. The staccato of the dancer's heels against the floor， and the sharp bursts of clapping punctuate the singer’s haunting wail.
舞蹈者的脚后跟断续地敲击着地板，伴随着响亮的击掌声，更加深了演唱者萦绕的悲叹。
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3. I joined my wail to theirs, loud and bitter; but Joseph asked what we could be thinking of to roar in that way over a saint in heaven.
我也和他们一起恸哭，哭声又高又惨。 可是约瑟夫向我们说，对一位已经升天的圣人，这样吼叫是什么意思。
- wail (n.) c. 1300; see wail (v.).
- wail (v.) c. 1300 (intransitive); mid-14c. (transitive), from Old Norse væla "to lament," from væ "woe" (see woe). Of jazz musicians, "to play very well," attested from 1955, American English slang (wailing "excellent" is attested from 1954). Related: Wailed; wailer.
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