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Translation of wail – English–Vietnamese dictionary

wail

 verb  /weil/ Add to word list Add to word list ● to utter sorrowful or complaining cries khóc thét The toddler is wailing over its broken toy.

wail

 noun  ● a long cry tiếng khóc thét wails of grief I heard the wail of a police siren.

(Translation of wail from the PASSWORD English-Vietnamese Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of wail

wail The characteristic rising and falling, wailing, sound of the motor-generator system could be heard in the entire complex when the machine was in operation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Novelists offer their readers a wailing wall for mourning their unwelcome predicament, of course, but they also provide a safe space for exploring economic reality for women. From the Cambridge English Corpus The track blends hard rock and funk with a loud, booming drum machine pattern, and aggressive bass and lead guitar wailing throughout. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the closing section, the serpent's lonely wails penetrate the heavy mist and fog. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Has his wail been pre-recorded? From the Cambridge English Corpus We must bear that in mind when we hear the wailing, whining and whingeing of those who say that capital punishment is not right in a civilised society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not talking of the policeman who rushes round in a fast car with a wailing siren. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wailing of the anti-planner may be heard throughout the land every day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A1

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in Chinese (Traditional) 慟哭, 號啕大哭, 高聲抱怨… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 恸哭, 号啕大哭, 高声抱怨… See more in Spanish gemir, quejido, lamentarse… See more in Portuguese chorar, gemer, lamentar… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian ～が泣き叫ぶ, 泣き叫ぶ声, 泣（な）き叫（さけ）ぶ… See more hıçkıra hıçkıra/hüngür hüngür ağlamak, feryat etmek, yaygarayı basmak… See more pleurer, se lamenter, hurlement… See more gemegar, gemec… See more jammeren, weeklacht, gehuil… See more naříkat, kvílení… See more hyle, jamre, hylen… See more meratap, ratapan… See more ร้องไห้คร่ำครวญ, การส่งเสียงร้องแหลมยาว… See more szlochać, wyć, lamentować… See more jämra sig, kvida, skrika… See more meraung, raungan… See more jammern, das Jammern… See more jamre seg, jamre, syte… See more 통곡하다, 울부짖음… See more волати, завивати, завивання… See more gemere, piangere forte, lamento… See more Need a translator?

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