vi.

1. 恸哭，嚎啕
   The child started to wail when the nurse came over with a syringe.

   当护士拿着注射器走过来时，孩子便嚎啕大哭起来。

2. （风等）呼啸；（警笛等）尖啸
   The wind wailed in the trees.

   风在林中呼啸。

3. 哀诉，悲叹，呜咽[（+over/about）]
   They are still wailing over their defeat.

   他们仍在为比赛失利而悲叹。

vt.

1. 【古】哀号着说[+that]
   "He's taken my apple, mummy," she wailed.

   “妈妈，他抢走了我的苹果，”她哭着说。

n.[theS]

1. 恸哭声；呼啸声；尖啸声
   Newborn babies begin their life with a wail.

   新生儿大哭一声便开始了他们的生命。

2. 哀诉，呜咽
   There was a plaintive wail from the sofa: "What about me?"

   沙发上传来伤心的呜咽声：“那我呢？”

n.

v.

1. give or utter a wail.
2. literary manifest or feel deep sorrow for; lament.