plaintive
plaintive 英 [ˈpleɪntɪv] 美 [ˈplentɪv]
adj. 哀伤的；悲哀的
a plaintive cry, a plaintive voice 凄楚的哭泣╱声音
- Plaintive is an adjective for describing someone or something with a pleading, sorrowful, desperate tone. If you have ever heard the plaintive howl of a wolf, then you know what we are getting at here.
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- adj. 哀伤的；悲哀的
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1. a plaintive cry, a plaintive voice
凄楚的哭泣╱声音
- 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.
plaint·ive / ˈpleɪntɪv ; NAmE ˈpleɪntɪv / adjective sounding sad, especially in a weak complaining way （声音）悲伤的，哀怨的 SYN mournful ◆ a plaintive cry/voice 凄楚的哭泣╱声音 ▶ plaint·ive·ly / ˈpleɪntɪvli ; NAmE ˈpleɪntɪvli / adverb plaint·ive / ˈpleɪntɪv ; NAmE ˈpleɪntɪv / plaint·ive·ly / ˈpleɪntɪvli ; NAmE ˈpleɪntɪvli /
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