资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wail \Wail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wailed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wailing}.] [OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. v[ae]la;
   cf. Icel. v[ae], vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei,
   woe. Cf. {Woe}.]
   To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's
   death. --Shak.

资料来源 : WordNet®

wailing
     adj : vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such
           expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners";
           "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her
           desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: {lamenting},
            {wailful}]
     n : loud cries made while weeping [syn: {bawling}]