plaintive
英 ['pleɪntɪv]
美 ['plentɪv]
助記提示
1、-plaint- + -ive.
2、=> lamenting, mournful, sad.
中文詞源
plaintive 淒涼的，悲傷的來自plaint,哀傷，悲痛，-iff,形容詞後綴。
英文詞源
- plaintive
- plaintive: see plague
- plaintive (adj.)
- late 14c., "lamenting," from Old French plaintif "complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint). Sense of "mournful, sad" first recorded 1570s. Related: Plaintively; plaintiveness.
雙語例句
- 1. Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.
- 觀眾席裏,一位老太太傷心地哭起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Suddenly a camel let out a plaintive ay, not far away.
- 駱駝忽然哀叫了兩聲, 離他不遠.
來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子
- 3. They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls.
- 他們躺在硬實的沙地上，聽著海鷗的哀鳴。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Her voice was small and plaintive.
- 她的聲音微弱而哀傷。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Uncle Peter's voice came as from a far distance , plaintive, placating.
- 彼得大叔這時說話了,他的聲音猶如自一個遙遠的地方起來, 既帶有哀愁又給人以安慰.
來自飄（部分）