keening
keening — 名詞
1. a long, loud wailing cry for someone who has died, traditionally performed by mo
輓歌；哀號
為亡者所唱的高聲哀悼
a long, loud wailing cry for someone who has died, traditionally performed by mourners at Irish or Scottish funerals.
The keening of the village women carried across the hills as Ilan's coffin was lowered.
村裡婦女的哀號聲傳遍山頭，Ilan 的棺木正緩緩下葬。
the keening of [people] — typical possessive construction
Folklorists recorded the last of the old Irish keening in remote County Clare villages.
民俗學者在 County Clare 的偏遠村莊裡，記錄下了愛爾蘭最後的傳統輓歌。
Irish/Scottish cultural association
A low, broken keening rose from the back of the chapel where Élise sat with her grandchildren.
教堂後方傳來低沉、斷續的哀號，Élise 正和孫子們坐在那裡。
Pim heard the keening start just after the priest read the final prayer.
神父唸完最後一段禱詞後，Pim 就聽見哀號聲響起。
The documentary opened with footage of keening at a 1950s rural Irish wake.
這部紀錄片的開頭是 1950 年代愛爾蘭鄉村守靈時的哀號畫面。
文法句型
the keening of [mourners]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a group of mourners (often women), and the noun is typically uncountable. Distinguish from the verb form 'to keen': the noun names the practice or sound as a whole, while the verb names the act of producing it.
常見錯誤
keening — 動詞
1. producing a long, loud, sad cry, especially while mourning someone who has died.
悲泣；哀哭
為亡者長聲悲傷地哭喊
producing a long, loud, sad cry, especially while mourning someone who has died.
Constanza was keening beside the open grave long after the other mourners had walked back.
其他送葬者都走回去之後，Constanza 仍在墓邊放聲哀哭了很久。
be + keening — present continuous use of the participle
The widows were keening for hours while the rain soaked their black shawls.
雨水浸濕了寡婦們的黑色披肩，她們依然悲泣了好幾個小時。
keening for [extended duration]
Liang heard a sound like someone keening softly in the next room and froze.
Liang 聽見隔壁房間傳來像是有人輕聲悲泣的聲音，整個人僵住了。
Roya remembered her aunts keening at the kitchen table the night her uncle died.
Roya 記得舅舅過世那晚，阿姨們圍在廚房的桌邊悲泣。
An old woman sat keening on the front step while neighbours brought food into the house.
一位老婦人坐在門前的台階上放聲哀哭，鄰居們則把食物送進屋裡。
文法句型
[person] is keening
keening for [the dead]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a named mourner or group of mourners. The participle form 'keening' is far more common in modern English than the base verb 'keen'; you will most often see 'was/were keening' rather than 'she keened'.