Wail
[weɪl] or [wel]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To choose; to select.
(v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
(v. i.) To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
(n.) Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
比利編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Lament, moan, bemoan, bewail, deplore, mourn over, grieve for (audibly).
v. n. Moan, lament, cry.
n. Moan, lamentation, complaint, plaint, lament, wailing, cry.
班森編輯
解釋/意思:
v.i. to lament or sorrow audibly.—v.t. to bemoan: to grieve over.—n. a cry of woe: loud weeping.—n. Wail′er.—adj. Wail′ful sorrowful mournful.—n. Wail′ing.—adv. Wail′ingly.
校對:西蒙
娱乐性解釋/意思：
A wail falling upon your ear while in the midst of a dream, brings fearful news of disaster and woe. For a young woman to hear a wail, foretells that she will be deserted and left alone in distress, and perchance disgrace. See Weeping.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Little Georgette still piped her plaintive wail, appealing to me by her familiar termMinnie, Minnie, me very poorly! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The droning sound swelled louder upon our ears until it became one long, deep wail of distress. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Therefore is it that the wail over a kind master is loud and long, as well it may be. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Uncle, after making one more pause, blew a dismal wail and went on again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Before the door, were three tall poplar trees, which made it very dark within; and the wind moaned through them with a dismal wail. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- And a little seat in fwont, with an iwon wail, for the dwiver,' added his Lordship. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- But, gathering herself together, she replied: 'Oh--better dance than wail, certainly. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Jo laughed, Meg scolded, Beth implored, and Amy wailed because she couldn't remember how much nine times twelve was. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Nettie Struther wailed with a start of recollection. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- On every hand was heard the complaints of women, the wailing of children, and the cries of men. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I had scarcely arrived at the total when a seventh was heard, as in the region of air, wailing dolefully. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Not a man was left behind but the clerk--the poor old clerk standing on the flat tombstone sobbing and wailing over the church. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The house was still as death, and nothing but the wailing of the wind broke the deep hush. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Pile dirge on dirge; rouse the funereal chords; let the air ring with dire wailing; let wild discord rush on the wings of the wind! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Instantly there was wailing and gnashing of teeth in the camp. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But now he heard, outside, the sounds of many voices, and long mournful howls, and mighty wailing. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- His sleep was broken by infant wails and visions of a phantom figure pacing noiselessly to and fro in the watches of the night. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
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