英:[ˈpleɪntɪv]
美:[ˈplentɪv]
英:[ˈpleɪntɪv]
美:[ˈplentɪv]
plain·tive
pleIn tihv
比较级:more plaintive
最高级:most plaintive
plaintively (adv.), plaintiveness (n.)
词根:plaint
adv.plaintively 哀怨地;伤心地
n.plaint 感叹;诉苦;悲叹
adjective
showing or expressing sadness or sorrow.The baby's plaintive cry pierced her mother's heart.
14世纪后期,“哀叹,抱怨,表达悲伤或悲痛的情感”,源自古法语 plaintif “抱怨的; 可怜的,悲惨的”,源自 plainte(见 plaint)。 “表达悲伤或忧郁,哀悼,悲伤”的意义记录于1570年代。更早的是 pleintful “悲惨的,可悲的”(14世纪早期)。 相关词汇: Plaintively; plaintiveness。
Middle English plaintif grieving, from Anglo-French pleintif, plaintif, from plaint
The first known use of plaintive was circa 1570
plaintiveadjective
showing or expressing sorrow : mournful, sad
a plaintive sigh
plaintiveadjective
showing or expressing sorrow : mournful, sad
a plaintive sigh
1 The cat must have sensed this general failing, for he now walked steadily beside the dogs, very close to his tottering old friend, and uttered plaintive worried bleats.
2 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.
3 I asked, disgusted by how plaintive my voice sounded.
4 The plaintive wail which succeeded the passionate roar went to Meg’s heart, and she ran up to say beseechingly...
5 It's the plaintive call of the dying swan.
那是天鹅临死前的哀鸣。
6 The singers' plaintive squeals form the soundtrack of our lives.
那些京剧演员哀伤的唱腔成了我们生活的配乐。
7 Taped to the box was a plaintive note: “Please do not steal this. I am on financial aid. Jenny Drexler.”
8 He heard distant laughter, the plaintive sound of pipes.
9 We could hear the plaintive cry of a wounded animal in the woods.
我们可以听到森林里一个受伤的动物的悲伤的哭泣。
10 It was a clear but plaintive call, the voice of a mouse.
11 Winnie’s mother and grandmother sat plaintive all afternoon in the parlor, fanning themselves and sipping lemonade, their hair unsettled and their knees loose.
12 Regardless cold wind array and the cold rain is plaintive, I also hear my warm heart sounds clearly sincere beating.
无论寒风阵阵冷雨凄切,我也分明听到我温暖的心音真挚如初。
13 The words awoke a plaintive echo in Bernard’s mind.
14 As coveted as his shells were, Pocock had begun to find himself struggling to stay in business, reduced to writing plaintive letters to coaches around the country, pleading for orders.
15 Sarcasm didn’t come naturally to her, and even to herself she sounded more plaintive than ironic.
16 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.
17 Jenny’s chair let out a plaintive squeak as she leaned back, steepling her fingers in front of her, serious now.
18 It can be a hearty or a plaintive tune, depending on your mood.
19 As I headed into the trees, the high-pitched whistle of a steam engine carried on the wind, harsh and plaintive as a screecher’s call.
20 The song has plaintive melody.
这首歌曲的曲调悲伤。
1 哀怨
2 悲哀
sad melancholy woeful mournful downcast broken-hearted lugubrious sadly sadness woe sadden bewail dolorous SAD lamentable elegiac rueful doleful plangent heavy-hearted dole shadow dolour tristesse threnetic sorry sore bleak dreary sullen funereal lamenting ruth woebegone triste lachrymose tristful elegiacal tsoris threnode passion teen sorrow bitterness gloom heaviness pall threnody wae con dolore doloroso tragic feral weeping defunctive ruthful funebrial dirgeful tear affliction desolation dolor break rue
3 悲哀的
sad melancholy woeful mournful downcast broken-hearted lugubrious dolorous SAD lamentable elegiac rueful doleful plangent heavy-hearted threnetic sorry sore bleak dole dreary sullen funereal lamenting ruth woebegone triste lachrymose tristful elegiacal doloroso tragic feral weeping defunctive ruthful funebrial dirgeful
4 悲伤的
sighful threnetical threnodial sad heartbroken tearful sorrowful teary rueful grieved triste heartsore tragic misty desolate woeful mournful doleful lugubrious woebegone blue unhappy funereal dreary grievous woful tristful wailful dumpish moanful
5 可怜
poor sorry sad miserable bum pathetic wretched pitiful sordid sorrowful forlorn squalid ratty pitiable rueful piteous dickey unblessed petitionary miserably niddering nidering cat
8 哀伤
9 伤心的
10 可怜的
poor sorry sad miserable bum pathetic wretched pitiful sordid sorrowful forlorn squalid ratty pitiable rueful piteous dickey unblessed petitionary niddering nidering
11 忧郁的
die-away black blue heavy yellow oppressive melancholy dismal dreary sombre melancholic dusky dumpy hipped black-faced languishing saturnine atrabilious vapourish mopish grum adust spleenful dumpish
12 忧愁
heavy sorrowful dolorous grum hippish dumpishly somberly dumpishness bale glooming sadden take no thought for
14 哀怨的
16 忧郁
die-away black blue heavy yellow oppressive melancholy dismal dreary sombre melancholic dusky dumpy hipped black-faced languishing saturnine atrabilious vapourish mopish grum adust spleenful dumpish nagrams nerve oppression hump spleen gloom doldrums sullen mope tristesse cafard megrim mulligrubs overcloud hip sober hyp black dog
17 哭诉的
19 悲伤
sighful threnetical threnodial sad heartbroken tearful sorrowful teary rueful grieved triste heartsore comfortlessly sighfully grief sadness comfortlessness sorrow mourn lament grieve sadden take no thought for lament over tragic misty desolate woeful mournful doleful lugubrious woebegone sadly woefully dolefully mournfully sorrowfully plaintively lugubriously desolately desolation bleed crush blue unhappy funereal heavily distress sickness woe blues lamentation affect pine get down cut up dreary grievous woful tristful wailful dumpish moanful tear mourning heartache plain rue bewail fracture