plaintive
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈpleɪn.tɪv]
- 美式音标 [ˈpleɪn.t̬ɪv]
- 国际音标 ['pleintiv]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.哀傷的;可憐的
词根记忆
- 來自plaint(n.哀訴)
英汉例句
- Suddenly a camel let out a plaintive ay, not far away.
駱駝忽然哀叫了兩聲, 離他不遠. - 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。 - Her voice was small and plaintive.
她的聲音微弱而哀傷。 - Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.
觀衆蓆裡,一位老太太傷心地哭起來. - He accepted Overbrook's next plaintive invitation, for an evening two weeks off.
他接受了奧弗佈魯尅下一次苦苦央求的邀請, 日期是在兩星期後的一個晚上.
词组短语
- plaintive air 哀怨的曲調
- plaintive e 傷心的;悲哀的
- Plaintive Rumba 憂
- Plaintive Cuckoo 八聲杜鵑
- plaintive tone 感傷的基調
短語
英英字典
- used to describe something that sounds slightly sad
- A plaintive sound or voice sounds sad.