单词	wail
释义	wailwail /weɪl/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINwail Origin: 1200-1300 From a Scandinavian language Verb Table VERB TABLE wail Simple Form Present I, you, we, they wail he, she, it wails Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they wailed Present perfect I, you, we, they have wailed he, she, it has wailed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had wailed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will wail Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have wailed Continuous Form Present I am wailing he, she, it is wailing you, we, they are wailing Past I, he, she, it was wailing you, we, they were wailing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been wailing he, she, it has been wailing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been wailing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be wailing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been wailing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "The world is coming to an end!" the woman wailed. People were wailing on the streets. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Better to leave your audience wailing in the dark, shaking their fists, some crying How?, others why? Gods, how those clods had wailed when they had seen his proud lion-masked visage! He wailed and gagged as people walked by. He started wailing and crying and pulling at the corpses and had to be dragged away. I begin to wail and Connie looks worried and returns with little funny steps to his corner. I called Narendra and wailed into the phone. Moza wailed, her voice hoarse with dread. Somewhere to the rear a child began to wail. Thesaurus THESAURUS► cry to produce tears from your eyes: · Don’t cry – everything will be all right!· Men aren’t supposed to cry. ► cry your eyes out especially spoken to cry a lot and for a long time: · I cried my eyes out when I watched ‘Titanic’. ► be in tears to be crying: · By the end of his story, we were all in tears. ► be close to tears to be almost crying: · You could see that she was close to tears. ► weep literary to cry, especially for a long time: · His mother put her head on the table and wept. ► sob to cry, taking sudden loud breaths: · I could hear someone sobbing in the next room. ► wail to cry very loudly in a high voice: · The baby started wailing for its mother. ► whimper to cry quietly and weakly: · She began rocking to and fro, whimpering softly. ► hold/fight back the tears to make a big effort not to cry: · She told her story, struggling to hold back the tears. ► your eyes water if your eyes water, they have tears in them, for example because of smoke, wind, or when you are cutting onions: · The onions were making my eyes water. WORD SETS► COLOURS & SOUNDS ablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► weep and wail (=cry and make loud sad noises – often used humorously)· The baby wept and wailed all the way through the ceremony. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► siren · With sirens wailing and blue lights flashing the red fire engine sped through the city.· In the distance a siren wailed.· Just for a moment she ignored the by now loud warning sirens wailing at the back of her mind.· A strict blackout was imposed in Pyongyang, and the populace was crowded into underground shelters as air raid sirens wailed.· He was never wrong and, sure enough, when the siren started to wail we learned to dive in with him.· Behind them, in the city, Edouard heard the sirens begin to wail.· Kathleen went with them, Jack followed on his bike, and they raced back with sirens wailing. VERB► begin · Somewhere to the rear a child began to wail.· I begin to wail and Connie looks worried and returns with little funny steps to his corner.· The widow began to wail, and Jane led her away.· The child immediately began to wail.· Behind them, in the city, Edouard heard the sirens begin to wail.· He opened his mouth and began to wail. 1[transitive] to say something in a loud, sad, and complaining way:  ‘But what shall I do?’ Bernard wailed.2[intransitive] to cry out with a long high sound, especially because you are very sad or in pain:  Somewhere behind them a child began to wail.► see thesaurus at cry3[intransitive] to make a long high sound:  The wind wailed in the chimney.—wail noun [countable]:  the wail of police sirens
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