| [/wəu; wo/] n (dated or fml or joc 旧或文或谑) 用法:
1 [U] great sorrow or distress 悲哀; 悲痛; 苦恼:
a cry of woe 悲鸣 *
She needed someone to listen to her tale of woe, ie the story of her misfortune. 她需要有人听她述说悲惨的遭遇. 用法:
2 woes [pl] things that cause sorrow or distress; troubles or misfortunes 引起悲哀或苦恼的事物; 麻烦事; 不幸的事:
She told him all her woes. 她把自己的不幸遭遇都告诉他了. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) woe be`tide sb (fml or joc 文或谑) there will be trouble for sb 某人要倒霉:
Woe betide anyone who arrives late! 谁迟到谁倒霉! ,woe is `me! interj (arch or joc 古或谑) how unhappy I am 我真不痛快! |