wail

英[weɪl] 美[weɪl]
  • v. 痛哭；发出似哭的尖声；悲叹
  • n. 痛哭；尖叫声
wailingly wailer wailed wailed wailing wails
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星级词汇:
  • waif n.无家可归者；迷途动物；无主失物；信号旗

详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. 痛哭，大哭，恸哭，哭号，哭叫，嚎啕
    2. 悲叹，悲号，哀鸣，哀号，呜咽
    3. <俚>【爵士乐】表演得特别好，表演极佳
    4. 呼啸，尖啸
    5. 哀悼
    6. 为...恸哭
    7. <古>哀号着说，哀诉
    n. (名词)
    1. 恸哭，痛哭，嚎啕
    2. 哀鸣声，哀号声
    3. 呼啸声，尖啸声
    4. 号啕声，恸哭声，悲泣声
    5. 哀诉，呜咽，悲叹，悲泣，哀号
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. & vi. 哭叫，哀号 make a long cry showing sadness or pain
    n. (名词)
    1. [C] 痛哭，哭泣 act or sound of wailing

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a cry of sorrow and grief;

    "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"

Verb:
  1. emit long loud cries;

    "wail in self-pity"
    "howl with sorrow"

  2. cry weakly or softly;

    "she wailed with pain"

双语例句

1. Primrose, stupefied by tiredness, began to wail that she was hungry.
普丽姆罗丝累得精神都有些恍惚了，开始哭着说她饿了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The wail of the bagpipe could be heard in the distance.
远远地能听到风笛的呜咽。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She heard the sirens scream their unearthly wail.
她听到警报器发出可怕的尖叫声。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.
观众席里,一位老太太伤心地哭起来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. One of the small children began to wail with terror.
小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. There's no use wailing about/over mistakes made in the past.
      为过去的错误痛哭是没有用的。
    2. The women gathered around and began to wail.
      妇女们围拢在一起,开始嚎啕大哭。
    3. The wind wailed in the forest all night.
      风在林子里彻夜呼啸。
    4. She was wailing for her lost child.
      她为死去的孩子伤心悲痛.
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Newborn babies begin their life with a wail.
      新生儿痛哭一声便开始了他们的生命。
    2. The exhausted mother smiled at the wail of her newborn baby.
      听到新生儿的哭叫声，倦极了的母亲笑了。
    3. I heard the wail of a police siren.
      我听见警笛的尖叫声。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+～(+A)
    1. One of the small children began to wail with terror.
      小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。
    用作及物动词 S+～+that-clause
    1. She wailed that she had hurt her foot.
      她边哭边说她的脚受伤了。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. I heard the wail of a baby.
      我听到了一个婴儿的哭声。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
  1. wail既可用作不及物动词，也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时，一般接that从句作宾语，表示“哭着说出某一事”。
v. (动词)
wail, cry, sniffle, sob, weep
  • 这五个词都可以表示“哭泣”,它们的区别是:cry指由于某种感情而流泪,哭着表示悲哀或痛苦,强调发出声音,有时也表示无声地流泪,多用于口语中; sniffle 多指大哭后的“抽泣”; sob多指尽力抑制感情时的流泪; wail则表示“号啕大哭,痛哭”; weep可指因内心痛苦或喜悦而“哭”,既可指出声的“哭泣”,也可指无声的“流泪”。

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