v.痛哭；发出似哭的尖声；悲叹
n.痛哭；尖叫声
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。
The women gathered around and begin的过去式）" target="_blank">began to wail. 妇女们围拢在一起,开始嚎啕大哭。
The wind wailed in the forest all night. 风在林子里彻夜呼啸。
She was wailing for her lost child. 她为死去的孩子伤心悲痛.
用作名词 (n.)Newborn babies begin their life with a wail. 新生儿痛哭一声便开始了他们的生命。
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。
wail既可用作不及物动词，也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时，一般接that从句作宾语，表示“哭着说出某一事”。
v.哀悼；悲叹；痛哭
