transcription, транскрипция: [ woʊ ]
( woes)
1.
Woe is very great sadness. ( LITERARY )
He listened to my tale of woe...
≠ joy
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You can refer to someone’s problems as their woes . ( WRITTEN )
He did not tell his relatives and friends about his woes.
N-PLURAL : usu with poss
3.
woe betide: see betide