lamentation [
`læmən'teʃən]
n. 悲叹, 哀悼
lamentation[ noun ]- a cry of sorrow and grief
<noun.communication>
their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward
- the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
<noun.act>
Lamentation \Lam`en*ta"tion\, n. [F. lamentation, L.
lamentatio.]
1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow;
wailing; moaning.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and
weeping. --Matt. ii.
18.
2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to
the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature
of its contents.
- Therefore it would seem efficacious to name the child Troy or Ulysses (as in Homer), Ulalume (as in lamentation), or even Ultima (as in the end).