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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9985 COCA: 8887

wail

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Related topics: Colours & sounds
wail /weɪl/ verb → whale
1  [transitiveT]SAY to say something in a loud, sad, and complaining way 大聲哭叫；哀訴
‘But what shall I do?’ Bernard wailed.
“但我該怎麽辦呢？”伯納德哭喊道。
2  [intransitiveI]CRY to cry out with a long high sound, especially because you are very sad or in pain 〔尤指因悲傷或痛楚而〕恸哭，痛哭
Somewhere behind them a child began to wail.
有個孩子在他們身後的什麽地方大哭起來。
► see thesaurus at cry
3  [intransitiveI]C to make a long high sound 呼嘯，尖嘯
The wind wailed in the chimney.
風灌進煙囪裏呼呼作響。
—wail noun [countableC]
the wail of police sirens
警笛的尖嘯
Examples from the Corpus
wail• "The world is coming to an end!" the woman wailed.• Somewhere to the rear a child began to wail.• I begin to wail and Connie looks worried and returns with little funny steps to his corner.• He started wailing and crying and pulling at the corpses and had to be dragged away.• He wailed and gagged as people walked by.• Moza wailed, her voice hoarse with dread.• Better to leave your audience wailing in the dark, shaking their fists, some crying How?, others why?• I called Narendra and wailed into the phone.• People were wailing on the streets.• Gods, how those clods had wailed when they had seen his proud lion-masked visage!
Origin wail
(1200-1300) From a Scandinavian language
wail verb
Corpus
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9985 COCA: 8887
wail

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + WAIL | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤loud大聲痛哭▸➤high-pitched尖聲痛哭➤anguished, mournful, plaintive痛苦的／悲痛的／哀傷的號啕聲▸➤banshee女妖哀號▸➤distant遠處的尖嘯聲◇We could just hear the distant wail of a siren.我們能隱約聽到遠處警報器的尖嘯聲。VERB + WAIL➤give, let out發出哭叫聲；放聲大哭▸➤hear聽到哭喊聲PREPOSITION➤with a wail大哭着◇With a wail he threw himself on the bed and buried his face in the pillow.他哭叫着一頭撲在牀上，將臉埋在枕頭裏。➤wail of⋯的哭喊◇She gave a wail of anguish.她悲痛地號啕大哭。  ➡ note at sound
wail

verb

VERB + WAIL | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERB + WAIL➤begin to, start to開始哭叫▸➤hear sb/sth聽到某人慟哭；聽到⋯的尖嘯聲◇I heard a police siren wail in the distance.我聽見遠處警笛的尖嘯聲。PREPOSITION➤for為⋯而痛哭◇They were wailing for their lost children.他們在為自己死去的孩子痛哭。➤with⋯地哭叫◇She wailed with despair.她絕望地大哭。PHRASES➤weeping and wailing痛哭流涕◇A crowd of women followed the coffin, weeping and wailing.一群婦女跟在棺材後面，痛哭流涕。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9985 COCA: 8887
wail verb
⇨ scream
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9985 COCA: 8887
wail
To cry, or to start crying: cry, burst out, dissolve into...
To shout and to talk loudly: shout, call out, cry...
Expressing pain: cry, cry out, eina...
To make a high sound: beep, bleep, chime...
Sounds made by people: babble, babel, footfall...

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