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单词 lament
释义 la·ment
I. \ləˈment sometimes laˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French lamenter, from Latin lamentari, from lamentum
intransitive verb
: to mourn vocally : sorrow aloud : wail, weep
 < the millions lamented; for ages they had sorrowed — Virginia Woolf >
 < nightingales lament without ceasing — L.P.Smith >
transitive verb
1. : to express sorrow for : bewail, mourn
 < must regret the imprudence, lament the result — Jane Austen >
 < katydids were lamenting fall's approach — E.W.Smith >
 < lamented that this particular piano should be so seldom played on — W.F.De Morgan >
2. archaic : to express sorrow for (oneself)
Synonyms: see deplore
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin lamentum; akin to Old Norse sandpiper, lōmr loon, Gothic lailōun they reviled, Latin latrare to bark, Greek lēros trash, nonsense, delirium, Armenian lam I weep, Sanskrit rāyati he barks
1. : a crying out in grief : complaint, sorrowing, wailing
 < let reason govern thy lament — Shakespeare >
 < the lament of the professionals who disapproved — E.O.Hauser >
2. : a lament crystallized in song or in literary form : dirge, elegy
 < bagpipes skirled, … playing a first a lament for him — Raymond Daniell >
 < the dance band … was wailing a … lament — Raymond Chandler >
 < learned a lot of blues songs and laments — James Jones >
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