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单词 wail
释义
wail
verb
uk
/weɪl/us
/weɪl/
[IorT]
to make along, highcry, usually because ofpainorsadness:
恸哭；号啕大哭
The womengatheredaround thecoffinandbeganto wail, as was thecustomin theregion.女人们都围到了棺材旁，开始号啕大哭，当地的风俗就是这样。
[+ speech]"Myfingerhurts," wailed thechild.“我的手指头很疼，”那个孩子大哭道。
[I]informal
tocomplainloudlyorstrongly:
高声抱怨；大发牢骚
[+ that]Businesspeoplewailedthattheirtradewould beruined.生意人都强烈抱怨说他们的买卖会被毁掉的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Expressing and showing feelings
  • abandon
  • affective
  • be in/get into a stateidiom
  • beatyourbreast/chestidiom
  • beetroot
  • crimson
  • fling upyourhandsidiom
  • flush
  • freak
  • freak(someone)out
  • game face
  • go/turn beetroot (red)idiom
  • pale
  • pine
  • roar
  • sook
  • spill
  • spill out
  • sulk
  • switchsomethingon
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Sounds made by humans with their mouths
Shouting & screaming
Complaining
wail
noun[C]
uk
/weɪl/us
/weɪl/
along, high,loudcry,especiallybecause of somethingunpleasant:
恸哭；号啕大哭
a wail ofanguish痛苦的哀号
the wail of thepolicesirens警笛的尖啸声
Synonym
lamentationformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sounds made by humans with their mouths
  • catcall
  • caterwauling
  • cheer
  • crow
  • crunch
  • embouchure
  • glug
  • growl
  • hiss
  • laugh, shout, scream, etc.yourhead offidiom
  • mewl
  • splutter
  • squall
  • vocalization
  • whine
  • whistle
  • whoop
  • wolf whistle
  • yelp
  • yowl
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(Definition ofwailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

wail| American Dictionary

wail
verb
us
/weɪl/
to make along, highcry, usually because ofpainorsadness, or to make asoundlike this:
[I]The fourbabieswere wailing inunison.
[I]Air-raidsirenswailed.
[+ that clause]fig.Investors wailed(=complained)thatinterestrateswereskyrocketing.

wail

noun[C]us
/weɪl/
The wail of thesirenwokeme up.
(Definition ofwailfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwail

wail
Words might be whispered, wailed with a police siren or roared with a motorbike.
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Therefore, the relevance of collecting statistics, so that we can have a wailing and gnashing of teeth, will not help homeless people.
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During the war the wailing and moaning of the air raid sirens was universally regarded as one of our greatest inflictions.
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The wailing of the anti-planner may be heard throughout the land every day.
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Let us come to some of the trades which have been uttering wails and lamentations about their position.
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By wailing until then we hope to take advantage of the seasonal increase in savings which follows the summer holiday period.
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I am not talking of the policeman who rushes round in a fast car with a wailing siren.
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Earlier this year, there was a great wailing about the so-called strength of the pound, even though it was weaker than it had been two or three years earlier.
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I was shocked and am still shocked by the memory of the smoke and the empty roads, with the ambulances and fire engines rushing along them with sirens wailing.
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We must bear that in mind when we hear the wailing, whining and whingeing of those who say that capital punishment is not right in a civilised society.
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Inside, there are no diners (despite disconcertingly cheap prices) and the sound of wailing voices from an adjoining room.
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The entire book is rife with slightly humorous stories of leg-lengthening services and long nights of wailing in tongues.
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Dissonant rock elements, such as rolling percussion and crashing cymbals, and wailing guitars are embedded within strong, obsessive emotions.
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He was kicked out for wailing on a gym teacher with a chair.
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Sky is the strength of birds, water the strength of fish; king the strength of the weak and wailing the strength of babies. 13.
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