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- a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger号啕声：
Christopher let out a wail.
克里斯多佛发出了一阵号啕声。
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- a sound resembling this呼啸声; 尖啸声：
the wail of an air-raid siren.
尖啸的空袭警报声。
no obj.
1- give such a cry of pain, grief, or anger恸哭; 哀号; 号啕：
Tina ran off wailing
蒂娜号啕大哭着跑开了
with direct speech 'But why?' she wailed.“但为什么啊？”她大声哭喊道。
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- make a sound resembling such a cry呼啸; 悲鸣：
the wind wailed and buffeted the timber structure.
狂风呼啸, 吹打着那幢木结构的建筑物。
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- with obj. poetic/literary manifest or feel deep sorrow for; lament〈诗/文〉哀悼; 悲叹; 哀诉：
she wailed her wretched life.
她哀叹自己悲惨的生活。
派生词
wailer
nounwailful
adjective （poetic/literary 〈诗/文〉）wailingly
adverb词源
Middle English: from Old Norse; related to WOE.