英文字典中文字典Word104.com

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Lament \La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamented}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Lamenting}.]
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
[1913 Webster]

One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden.

Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See {Deplore}.
[1913 Webster]


Lament \La*ment"\, n. [L. lamentum. Cf. {Lament}, v.]
1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries;
lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
[1913 Webster]

Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
[1913 Webster]


Lament \La*ment"\, v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr.
lamentum a lament.]
To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
[1913 Webster]

Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. --2 Chron.
xxxv. 25.
[1913 Webster]

Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
--John xvi.
20.
[1913 Webster]