wail是什么意思

双语例句

(1)Sirens wailed outside to mourn the victims in earthquake.

警笛在外面鸣响，以悼念地震中的遇难者。

(2)The woman was wailing her husband when the policeman came in.

当警察进来时，那个女人正高声数落她的丈夫。

(3)The baby's wail caught the mother's attention.

婴儿的大哭声引起了妈妈的注意。

(4)The child starts to wail with terror at the sight of snakes.

看到蛇群的一瞬间 那小孩儿吓得大哭了起来

(5)I joined my wail to theirs, loud and bitter.

我和他们一起恸哭，哭声又高又痛苦。

(6)Banshees wail and weep, but they never howl.

女妖会哀号哭泣，但她们从不嚎叫。

(7)One more wail would go the round in that wind by night.

到了晚上，在那样的狂风中，还会传来一声哀号。

(8)Not far from them, other survivors in the earthquake wail in pain at the makeshift hospital.

离他们不远处，地震中的其他幸存者在临时搭建的医院中痛苦地哀号。

(9)Why, experts wail, so many people are willing to waste their lives in the virtual world to solve meaningless puzzles?

专家们悲叹，为何如此多人愿在虚拟世界中为解决无意义的谜题而浪费生命呢？

同义词

vi. 哀号；悲叹

n. 哀号；悲叹；恸哭声

同根词

词根 wail

(1)wailful adj. 悲叹的；哀悼的

(2)wailer n. 恸哭者；哀悼者

释义

n.

a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger

号啕声

Christopher let out a wail.

克里斯多佛发出了一阵号啕声。

a sound resembling this

呼啸声；尖啸声

the wail of an air-raid siren.

尖啸的空袭警报声。

v.

give such a cry of pain, grief, or anger

恸哭；哀号；号啕

Tina ran off wailing

蒂娜号啕大哭着跑开了

[with direct speech]‘But why?’ she wailed.

“但为什么啊？”她大声哭喊道。

make a sound resembling such a cry

呼啸；悲鸣

the wind wailed and buffeted the timber structure.

狂风呼啸，吹打着那幢木结构的建筑物。

[with obj.]poetic/literary manifest or feel deep sorrow for; lament

〈诗／文〉 哀悼；悲叹；哀诉

she wailed her wretched life.

她哀叹自己悲惨的生活。

类似拼写词

wail n. 号啕声；呼啸声；尖啸声

rail n. 横条；横杆；横档；栏杆；扶手；铁轨；钢轨；轨道；铁路；冒头；定电位导体轨；秧鸡

词源

"Middle English： from Old Norse； related to WOE．"

(1)Hey, Howard, you're a Jew. If there was another wailing wall exactly like the one in Jerusalem, but close to taco stands and cheap prescription drugs, would you still be able to wail at it? Okay, it's definitely me.

霍华德，你是个犹太人，如果有另外一面哭墙和在耶路撒冷的一模一样，不过比较靠近炸玉米卷摊和卖便宜处方药的药店，你还会对着那面墙哀哭吗？好吧，又是我没事找事。《The Big Bang Theory Season 1》《生活大爆炸 第一季》