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单词 keening
释义 keening
I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of keen (IV)
: having the quality of or suggesting a keen
 < the … cicada and his keening cry — K.F.Weaver >
 < a long keening scream like a rabbit caught in a gin trap — Hartley Howard >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of keen (IV)
1. : the act of keening
 < mourning … is celebrated by self-laceration, the destruction of property, and daily keening — William Lipkind >
 < keening was not confined to the period of death — Alfred Métraux >
 < the keening of bagpipes — Lyn Harrington >
2. : keen V
 < never had heard a keening — Mary Deasy >
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