wailing

柯林斯詞典

wail /we?l/ (wailing,wailed,wails)

• 1. V-I If someone wails, they make long, loud, high-pitched cries which express sorrow or pain. 哀號

  The women began to wail in mourning. 女人們開始大放悲聲。

• 2. N-COUNT Wail is also a noun. 悲鳴聲

  Wails of grief were heard as visitors filed past the site of the disaster. 當來訪者們列隊走過災難現場時聽見陣陣悲痛的哀號聲。

• 3. V-T If you wail something, you say it in a loud, high-pitched voice that shows that you are unhappy or in pain. 高聲數落

  "Now look what you've done!" Shirley wailed. “現在，看看你干了什么！”雪莉高聲數落道。

• 4. V-I If something such as a siren or an alarm wails, it makes a long, loud, high-pitched sound. (汽笛、警報等) 長鳴

  Police cars, their sirens wailing, accompanied the trucks. 警車警笛長鳴，與卡車相隨。

• 5. N-UNCOUNT Wail is also a noun. 長鳴聲

  The wail of the bagpipe could be heard in the distance. 老遠就可聽到風笛悠長的奏鳴聲。

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