wail 的 3 个定义
- to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- to make mournful sounds, as music or the wind.
- to lament or mourn bitterly.
- (5)
- to express deep sorrow for; mourn; lament; bewail: to wail the dead; to wail one's fate.
- to express in wailing; cry or say in lamentation: to wail one's grief.
- the act of wailing.
- a wailing cry, as of grief, pain, or despair.
- any similar mournful sound: the wail of an old tune.
wail 近义词
cry loudly
更多wail例句
- The sirens and the wails will recur … again and again and again.
- As the women “wail” and the men “dance,” the community takes time to “demonstrate care and respect for the dead.”
- Kirsty, understandably, was not impressed at being dumped on her dream day, and her bereft wail filled the church.
- Meanwhile, Tel Aviv's cafes still buzz with activity, even as the sirens wail.
- As CEOs, investors, and lobbyists wail, Republicans will only be able to deliver if they can coax President Obama into a deal.
- A helicopter chugged above and there was the wail of a siren.
- His childhood, except when he could be rocked and sung into sickly sleep, was one long piteous wail.
- Gradually all grew still and then over the river came the terrible hunger wail of a tiger.
- Throughout the country-side, wherever the echo of the wail was heard, a tension fell upon everything.
- He ate it in silence, except that every now and then he uttered a sort of wail, and looked up at Lillyston.
- And in windy, still frozen March the wail of a tiny baby was heard in the house.