WAIL

Pronunție (USA): (GB):

Traducere în limba română

wail I. substantiv

1. geamăt, vaiet (de durere); tânguire, bocire, văicăreală.

2. hohotit, urlet (al vântului).

wail II. verb A. intranzitiv

(at / over; for) a geme, a se tângui (pentru; din pricina cu gen.); a urla.

wail II. verb B. tranzitiv

a jeli, a plânge, a boci.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He stood where he had arisen, opened his mouth, and broke out the long, heart-broken puppy wail.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“Oh, Gawd, Gawd, wot ’ave I done?” he wailed; sitting down in the coal-box and nursing his new hurt by rocking back and forth.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

But God be thanked, that soul-wail of my dear Madam Mina had not died out of my ears; and, before the spell could be wrought further upon me, I had nerved myself to my wild work.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

"Let me down!" she wailed.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath and there's a persistent wail all night along the North Shore.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

TE-AR MAI PUTEA INTERESA