wail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 wāl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
    — She let out a loud, doleful wail.
  2. Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
    — The wail of snow-dark winter winds.
  3. A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
动词 v.
  1. To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish. intransitive
  2. Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”). obsolete
    — Wailed wine and metes
  3. To weep, lament persistently or bitterly. intransitive
  4. To make a noise like mourning or crying. intransitive
    — The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.
  5. To lament; to bewail; to grieve over. transitive
    — to wail one's death
  6. To perform with great liveliness and force. slang
    — Another outstanding surfer from Hawaii - Fred Hemmings. Fred only stands up on alternate Wednesdays, but when he does, he really wails.

词形变化

wails present,singular,third-person wailing participle,present wailed participle,past wailed past wails plural wails present,singular,third-person wailing participle,present wailed participle,past wailed past

词汇关系

衍生词
bewail wailer wail on wailingly Daily Wail death wail widow-wail

词源

词源 1
c. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norse væla (“to wail”), from væ, vei (“woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai (whence also Old English wā (“woe”) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy.
The verb is first attested in the intransitive sense; the transitive sense developed in mid-14ᵗʰ c.. The noun came from the verb.
词源 2
From Old Norse val (“choice”). Compare Icelandic velja (“to choose”). More at wale.
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