
wail 是一个动词/名词,意为"哀号、恸哭、发出悲伤的长声"。指因痛苦、悲伤或绝望而发出高亢、拖长的哭声或叫声。也可用于形容风声等类似哀号的声音。
/wel/
She began to wail when she heard the terrible news.
她听到那个可怕的消息后开始放声大哭。
The bitter wind wailed through the cracked windows of the abandoned house, as if mourning the lives that had once filled its rooms.
凛冽的寒风透过废弃房屋破裂的窗户呜呜作响,仿佛在哀悼曾经充满这些房间的生命。
wail 源自古北欧语 vla,意为"哀叹、悲鸣",与古英语 wā(意为"悲哀")有关,同时也和拉丁语 vae("悲哉")有词源上的联系。这个词从中古英语时期开始在英语中广泛使用,始终保留着表达深切悲痛与哀伤的核心含义。