wail
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
Đồng nghĩa: groan, moan
- 2.
(intransitive)To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
Đồng nghĩa: burst into tears, beweep, burst into tears, cry, cry one's eyes out, greet, shed a tear, shed tears, squirt some, wail, weep
- 3.
(intransitive)To make a noise like mourning or crying.
The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.
Đồng nghĩa: keen, ululate
- 4.
(transitive)To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
to wail one's death
Đồng nghĩa: lament, mourn, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beweep, condole, deplore, elegize, grieve, grieven, keen, lament, mean, mourn, pine, repent, sigh, sorrow, wail, wayment
- 5.
(slang)(slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
- 6.
(obsolete)Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”).
Đồng nghĩa: wale
Danh từ
noun- 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.
A bird's wail in the night.
- 3.
A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
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Nguồn gốc từ
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 wā woe (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy.