wail

[weil]

v.痛哭, 发出似哭的尖声, 悲叹
n.痛哭, 尖叫声

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? "

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 |

词义辨析

同义:

vi.恸哭; 呼啸; 尖啸

cry  screech  shriek  scream  squeal  howl  bawl  moan  

同义参见:

yowl  yell  whimper  groan  squall  sob  sigh  

反义:

vi.恸哭; 呜咽

joy  

英英释义

名词 wail:

a cry of sorrow and grief

同义词：lament, lamentation, plaint

动词 wail:

emit long loud cries

同义词：howl, ululate, roar, yawl, yaup

cry weakly or softly

同义词：whimper, mewl, pule

补充

wailwail英:[weil] 美:[wel]vt. & vi.1.哭叫, 哀号One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。n.1.痛哭, 哭声I heard the wail of a baby.我听到了一个婴儿的哭声。

例句

1. The women began to wail in mourning.女人们开始哀伤痛哭。 2. A mother was wailing for her lost child.一位母亲因丧子而痛哭。 3. The wind wailed outside the closed windows.紧闭的窗户外狂风呼啸。 4. Police cars, their sirens wailing, accompanied the lorries.警车一路鸣着警笛护送卡车。 5. 'Now look what you've done!' Shirley wailed.“看看你都做了些什么！”雪莉哭诉道。 6. Primrose, stupefied by tiredness, began to wail that she was hungry.普里姆罗丝因疲惫而显得有些迟钝, 开始哭着说饿了。 7. I could hear the wail of a baby.我听到了一个婴儿在号啕大哭。 8. Alice let out a wail of terror.艾丽丝发出一声恐怖的哀号。 9. The wail of the bagpipe could be heard in the distance.远远地就能听到风笛的长鸣。 10. What we did not expect was to hear the wails of the air raid sirens.我们没想到的是听到了空袭警报的尖啸声。 11. That baby wailed.那个婴儿号啕大哭。 12. the wind wailing in the trees森林里呼啸的风 13. We were wailing but nobody had a tape machine.我们演奏得淋漓尽致，可惜没有人带录音机。 14. to wail someone's death哀悼某人的逝世 15. Women in that town wailed for their dead.那个城市的女人们哀泣她们的亡人。 16. Christopher let out a wail.克里斯多佛发出了一阵号啕声。 17. the wail of an air-raid siren.尖啸的空袭警报声。 18. Tina ran off wailing.蒂娜号啕大哭着跑开了。 19. [with direct speech]‘But why?’ she wailed.“但为什么啊？”她大声哭喊道。 20. the wind wailed and buffeted the timber structure.狂风呼啸，吹打着那幢木结构的建筑物。 21. she wailed her wretched life.她哀叹自己悲惨的生活。 22. sirens wailing in the streets outside外面街头警报器声音大作 23. a wail of anguish/despair/distress痛苦╱绝望╱悲伤的哀号 24. the wail of sirens警报的长鸣 25. The child started wailing after she stumbled and fell.孩子绊了一下摔倒后开始大哭起来。 26. A saxophone wailed in the background.背景音乐是悠长的萨克斯管演奏声。 27. We could hear a siren wailing. = We could hear the wailing of a siren.我们能够听到汽笛的呼啸声。 28. “No! I don't want to go!” he wailed.“不！我不想走！”他大声抱怨道。 29. She wailed that the vacation was ruined.她大声抱怨着假期被毁了。 30. a wail of sadness/despair悲伤/绝望的痛哭 31. the wail of a siren汽笛的呼啸声