Wail



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.哀号, 痛哭
• ［英］ v.哀号, 痛哭 ( to express sorrow audibly; lament)
• ［例］ The wind wailed in the trees. ( 风在林中呼啸)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English weilen, waylen, perhaps modification (influenced by Middle English weilawei wellaway) of Old Norse v?la, vāla to wail; akin to Old Norse vei woe — more at woe
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to express sorrow audibly ; lament
  • 2. to make a sound suggestive of a mournful cry
  • 3. to express dissatisfaction plaintively ; complain
• transitive verb
  • archaic
  • 1. bewail
  • 2. to say or express plaintively <wailed that her cake was ruined>
• ? wailer noun

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. the act or practice of wailing ; loud lamentation
• 2.
  • a. a usually prolonged cry or sound expressing grief or pain
  • b. a sound suggestive of wailing <the wail of an air-raid siren>
  • c. a querulous expression of grievance ; complaint

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