音标:[weilɪŋ] ;
v. 哭叫, 哀号( wail的现在分词 ); 沱
n. loud cries made while weeping
词型变化:名词复数形式 : wailings
词性分布:
名词52%
形容词48%

wail的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. There's no use wailing about/over mistakes made in the past.为过去的错误痛哭是没有用的。
  2. The women gathered around and began to wail.妇女们围拢在一起,开始嚎啕大哭。
  3. The wind wailed in the forest all night.风在林子里彻夜呼啸。
  4. She was wailing for her lost child.她为死去的孩子伤心悲痛.
用作名词(n.)
  1. Newborn babies begin their life with a wail.新生儿痛哭一声便开始了他们的生命。
  2. The exhausted mother smiled at the wail of her newborn baby.听到新生儿的哭叫声,倦极了的母亲笑了。
  3. I heard the wail of a police siren.我听见警笛的尖叫声。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。
用作及物动词S+~+that-clause
  1. She wailed that she had hurt her foot.她边哭边说她的脚受伤了。
用作名词(n.)
  1. I heard the wail of a baby.我听到了一个婴儿的哭声。

词汇搭配

  • wailing wall(犹太人的)哭墙...

经典引文

  • The wail of the night freight, as haunting..as the cry of the loon.

    出自:C. Sagan
  • The funeral barge..departs upstream to the wails of mourners.

    出自:M. Roberts
  • She didn't just cry. She wailed.

    出自:Guardian
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