亚洲网紅露点

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wail

[ weyl ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering:

    to wail with pain.

  2. to make mournful sounds, as music or the wind.
  3. to lament or mourn bitterly.
  4. Jazz. to perform exceptionally well.
  5. Slang. to express emotion musically or verbally in an exciting, satisfying way.


verb (used with object)

  1. to express deep sorrow for; mourn; lament; bewail:

    to wail the dead;

    to wail one's fate.

  2. to express in wailing; cry or say in lamentation:

    to wail one's grief.

noun

  1. the act of wailing.
  2. a wailing cry, as of grief, pain, or despair.
  3. any similar mournful sound:

    the wail of an old tune.

wail

/ 飞别瑟濒 /

verb

  1. intr to utter a prolonged high-pitched cry, as of grief or misery
  2. intr to make a sound resembling such a cry

    the wind wailed in the trees

  3. tr to lament, esp with mournful sounds
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a prolonged high-pitched mournful cry or sound
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞飞补颈濒蹿耻濒, adjective
  • 藞飞补颈濒蹿耻濒ly, adverb
  • 藞飞补颈濒别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 飞补颈濒路别谤 noun
  • 耻苍路飞补颈濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wail1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English weile (verb and noun), perhaps derivative of Old English 飞别颈濒腻飞别颈 wellaway ( def ); compare Old English 飞牵濒补苍 鈥渢o torment,鈥 Old Norse 飞牵濒补 鈥渢o wail鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wail1

C14: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse 惫牵濒补 to wail, Old English 飞腻 woe
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Barrie heard the wail of sirens and roar of helicopters overhead but had no idea what had happened until a neighbour knocked on the door and broke the news.

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It鈥檚 a movie where music sizzles and wails out of every pore.

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Footage from the Israeli city of Ashkelon showed flashes in the sky as sirens wailed and an explosion at the bottom of a block of flats during the rocket attack on Sunday night.

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"I wanted to come here desperately, I wanted to see my husband," wailed one woman, who gave her name as Naruemol, as her friend comforted her.

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To the side, women wailed, beating their chests or throwing fistfuls of rice and rose petals.

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