英语词汇“wailful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

wailful

释义

wail /wāl/

intransitive verb

To lament or express sorrow or pain audibly, esp with prolonged high-pitched mournful cries
To make a sound resembling such a cry
(of eyes) to weep (Shakespeare)

transitive verb

To bemoan
To grieve over

noun

The activity, or a spell, of wailing
A cry of woe
An animal cry or mechanical sound suggesting this

ORIGIN: ME weilen, wailen; cf ON vǣla

wailˈer noun

wailˈful adjective (poetic)

Sorrowful
Expressing woe

wailˈing noun and adjective

wailˈingly adverb

Wailing Wall noun

A wall in Jerusalem, 18m (59ft) high, a remnant of the western wall of the temple dating back to before the destruction of the city in 66AD, where Jews traditionally pray and from which they were excluded for a time

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