keening

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake. countable,uncountable
    — Keening. I remember keening that seemed to go on all through the night: shrill, sharp, shiny, needles of sound piercing cleanly and deeply to let the anguish in, not out.
  2. An unpleasant wailing sound. broadly,countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of keen form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound. not-comparable
    — The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.

词形变化

keenings plural

词源

词源 1
From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.
词源 2
From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.
词源 3
From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.
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