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词汇 wailing
释义 wailing
present participle ofwail
wail
verb
uk /weɪl/ us /weɪl/
[ I or T ]
to make a long, high cry, usually because of pain or sadness: 恸哭;号啕大哭
The women gathered around the coffin and began to wail, as was the custom in the region.女人们都围到了棺材旁,开始号啕大哭,当地的风俗就是这样。
[ + speech ]"My finger hurts," wailed the child.“我的手指头很疼,”那个孩子大哭道。
[ I ]informal
to complain loudly or strongly: 高声抱怨;大发牢骚
[ + that ]Business people wailed that their trade would be ruined.生意人都强烈抱怨说他们的买卖会被毁掉的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Expressing and showing feelings
abandon
affect
affective
articulation
be in/get into a stateidiom
beat your breast/chestidiom
crimson
feelingly
fling
fling up your handsidiom
flush
freak
freak (someone) out
game face
pouty
roar
roar with something
sook
spill
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Sounds made by humans with their mouths
Shouting & screaming
Complaining

Examples of wailing


wailing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


This seems evident from the flailing and wailing of an infant in acute pain.
Next, partially overlapping this, the female continues to sing a reprise of the aforementioned sentiments, ending on a high, 'wailing' note.
One part of this was the condemnation of excessive crying and wailing in church.
There was no way to get out, he was in it, and he knew the warrior code said nothing about the wailing of children in the dark.
Cuica sounds have an animal-like quality that resemble sounds of crying, moaning and wailing.
The musical language - and the stag's wailing cry at the end of the work least of all - never clarifies whether the transformation is a happy one, as we shall see.
Nolte has become a victim in a dual sense and, with his typical inclination towards eccentricity, has abandoned himself weeping and wailing to his fate.
In contrast, an employer urges an enhanced appreciation of human (and technical) complexity to reduce managerial wailing and blaming, to lower labor turnover and thus aid profitability.
That comes out in the police techniques of stop and search, just as it does through the wailing hooters that police have on their cars.
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There is no weeping and wailing there about the position and no claim for assistance.
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The wailing of the air as it goes out of the machinery is very alarming.
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Any objections put forward by those who disagree will be written off as lawyers' whingeing and the wailings of vested interest groups.
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This is no time for inaction or for wailing on events, in that particular area of the world.
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Therefore, the relevance of collecting statistics, so that we can have a wailing and gnashing of teeth, will not help homeless people.
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I heard the wailing of the siren in the quiet village inn.
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