0 to make a long, high cry, usually because of pain or sadness:
1 a long, high, loud cry, especially because of something unpleasant:
2 to make a long, high cry, usually because of pain or sadness, or to make a sound like this:
[ + that clause ] fig. Investors wailed (= complained) that interest rates were skyrocketing.
Words might be whispered, wailed with a police siren or roared with a motorbike.
Therefore, the relevance of collecting statistics, so that we can have a wailing and gnashing of teeth, will not help homeless people.
During the war the wailing and moaning of the air raid sirens was universally regarded as one of our greatest inflictions.
The wailing of the anti-planner may be heard throughout the land every day.
Let us come to some of the trades which have been uttering wails and lamentations about their position.
They offer endless scope for recrimi-nation and criticism, for wailing and gnashing of teeth generally, but that does not get us anywhere.
By wailing until then we hope to take advantage of the seasonal increase in savings which follows the summer holiday period.
I am not talking of the policeman who rushes round in a fast car with a wailing siren.
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慟哭, 號啕大哭, 高聲抱怨…
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恸哭, 号啕大哭, 高声抱怨…
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gemir, quejido, lamentarse…
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chorar, gemer, lamentar…
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~が泣き叫ぶ, 泣き叫ぶ声…
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hıçkıra hıçkıra/hüngür hüngür ağlamak, feryat etmek, yaygarayı basmak…
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pleurer, se lamenter, hurlement…
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gemegar, gemec…
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