transcription, транскрипция: [ ləment ]
( laments, lamenting, lamented)
1.
If you lament something, you express your sadness, regret, or disappointment about it. ( mainly FORMAL or WRITTEN )
Ken began to lament the death of his only son...
He laments that people in Villa El Salvador are suspicious of the police...
‘Prices are down 40 per cent since Christmas,’ he lamented.
VERB : V n , V that , V with quote , also V
2.
Someone’s lament is an expression of their sadness, regret, or disappointment about something. ( mainly FORMAL or WRITTEN )
She spoke of the professional woman’s lament that a woman’s judgment is questioned more than a man’s.
N-COUNT : oft with poss
3.
A lament is a poem, song, or piece of music which expresses sorrow that someone has died.
N-COUNT