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