wail
Pronunciation: [weil]
Average Rank: 16158
Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICTn. 恸哭, 哀号, 嚎啕, 呼啸(声) vi. 恸哭, 呼啸, 悲叹, 哀号, 嚎啕
Detailed Explanations:
- v. cry weakly or softly
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
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Difficulty:
ADVANCED
Exam Tags:
toefl
ielts
gre
Word Forms:
Past:
wailed
Present Participle:
wailing
Plural:
wails
3rd Person:
wails
Past Participle:
wailed
Word Frequency Rankings
Project Gutenberg
#8473Classical and literary usage
Percentile: 15.3%
(Top 15.3% most frequent)
Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus