| 单词 | wail |
| 释义 | wail n. & v. --n 1. a prolonged plaintive inarticulate loud high-pitched cry of pain, grief, etc. 2. a sound like or suggestive of this. --v 1. intr. utter a wail. 2. intr. lament or complain persistently or bitterly. 3. intr. (of the wind etc.) make a sound like a person wailing. 4. tr. poet. or rhet. bewail; wail over. Phrases and idioms Wailing Wall a high wall in Jerusalem said to stand on the site of Herod's temple, where Jews traditionally pray and lament on Fridays. Derivatives wailer n. wailful adj. poet. wailingly adv. Etymology: ME f. ON, rel. to WOE |
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