wail

[weil]

v.痛哭, 发出似哭的尖声, 悲叹
n.痛哭, 尖叫声

例句与用法:

I've lost all my money!' she wailed.

她哭著说: `我的钱都丢了!'

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。

The wind wailed in the forest all night.

风在林子里彻夜呼啸。

词形变化:

副词: wailingly | 名词: wailer | 动词过去式: wailed | 动词过去分词: wailed | 动词现在分词: wailing | 动词第三人称单数: wails |

详细释义:

vi.

1. 恸哭, 嚎啕

The child started to wail when the nurse came over with a syringe.

当护士拿着注射器走过来时, 孩子便嚎啕大哭起来。

2. (风等)呼啸; (警笛等)尖啸

The wind wailed in the trees.

风在林中呼啸。

3. 哀诉, 悲叹, 呜咽[(+over/about)]

They are still wailing over their defeat.

他们仍在为比赛失利而悲叹。

vt.

【古】哀号着说[+that]

"He's taken my apple, mummy, " she wailed.

"妈妈, 他抢走了我的苹果, "她哭着说。

n.[theS]

1. 恸哭声; 呼啸声; 尖啸声

Newborn babies begin their life with a wail.

新生儿大哭一声便开始了他们的生命。

2. 哀诉, 呜咽

There was a plaintive wail from the sofa: "What about me? "

沙发上传来伤心的呜咽声:"那我呢? "