plaintive
英 ['pleɪntɪv]
美['plentɪv]
- adj. 哀伤的；悲哀的
词态变化
比较级: more plaintive;最高级: most plaintive;副词: plaintively;
助记提示
1、-plaint- + -ive.
2、=> lamenting, mournful, sad.
2、=> lamenting, mournful, sad.
中文词源
plaintive 凄凉的，悲伤的
来自plaint,哀伤，悲痛，-iff,形容词后缀。
英英释意
- 1. expressing sorrow
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- a plaintive cry/voice
- 凄楚的哭泣 / 声音
牛津词典
- They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls...
- 他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her voice was small and plaintive.
- 她的声音微弱而哀伤。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He accepted Overbrook's next plaintive invitation, for an evening two weeks off.
- 他接受了奥弗布鲁克下一次苦苦央求的邀请, 日期是在两星期后的一个晚上.
辞典例句
- For the season grows and there is a plaintive shepherd's pipe in the shade.
- 由于丰收,季节也变得硕果累累;浓荫下不时传来牧童凄婉的笛声.
期刊摘选
- Her voice was a little plaintive.
- 她的声音有点儿伤感.
期刊摘选
- I heard a plaintive cry.
- 我听到一声悲伤的哭泣.
期刊摘选
- Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.
- 观众席里,一位老太太伤心地哭起来.
《简明英汉词典》
- The hostess stopped, with a fork her hand, as Eliza's sweet and plaintive voice arrested her.
- 当老板娘听到伊丽萨温柔而凄凉的话音时站住了, 手里拿着叉子.
期刊摘选
- There was a plaintive cry from a crushed passenger in the rear of the bus.
- 车厢后部有个被挤得受不了的乘客哀求起来.
辞典例句
- The song has plaintive melody.
- 这首歌曲的曲调悲伤.
期刊摘选
- I opened it and the plaintive song played automatically, surprising me.
- 我打开它,忧伤的曲子便自动响了起来, 我很惊讶.
期刊摘选
- The plaintive droning of a cicada in cold weather sounds melancholy.
- 寒蝉的鸣声悲凉凄切,听得令人伤感.
期刊摘选
- A lot of the songs on your album are very plaintive and heartfelt.
- 你们专辑里的许多歌都挺悲伤而触人心弦的.
期刊摘选
- Photo Gallery: Whales The plaintive song of the humpback whale can travel for great distances underwater.
- 鲸鱼图片 美术馆 .这悲哀的歌声的驼背鲸可以旅行在水下面很长的距离.
期刊摘选
- She began to step backward toward the door, when something about her plaintive face attracted him.
- 她开始朝门口退去, 这时她脸上忧伤的神色感动了他.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- PLAINTIVE siren wails as a government unit , invisible in the darkness, patrols.
- 作为政府最小的单元——巡逻车, 在幽暗中哀怨的哭泣.
期刊摘选
- I fell in love with the subtly plaintive timbre of the Qiang flute.
- 我喜欢上了羌笛那略带哀怨的音色.
期刊摘选
- Suddenly a camel let out a plaintive ay, not far away.
- 骆驼忽然哀叫了两声, 离他不远.
汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- Uncle Peter's voice came as from a far distance , plaintive, placating.
- 彼得大叔这时说话了,他的声音犹如自一个遥远的地方起来, 既带有哀愁又给人以安慰.
飘（部分）
- Nehru himself sent the President a long and plaintive letter at the end of the month.
- 本月末,尼赫鲁亲自给总统写了一封诉苦的长信.
辞典例句
- A long plaintive wail emanated from the cardboard box.
- 纸箱里发出一声长长的悲鸣.
期刊摘选
- Mother Gaia sings a plaintive tune as her wails belie her birthing pains.
- 母亲盖亚吟唱着哀伤的曲调,她的哀号掩饰着她的分娩之痛.
期刊摘选
- They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls.
- 他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。
辞典例句
- Her voice was small and plaintive.
- 她的声音微弱而哀伤。
辞典例句