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Plaintive 20115.Plaintive 英 Pleɪntɪv]美 Plentɪv 释义 Adj 哀伤的;悲哀的

正面 20115.plaintive
英 ['pleɪntɪv]美 ['plentɪv]

背面
释义:
adj. 哀伤的;悲哀的
例句:
1. 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.

1、-plaint- + -ive.2、=> lamenting, mournful, sad.
plaintive 凄凉的,悲伤的来自plaint,哀伤,悲痛,-iff,形容词后缀。
plaintiveplaintive: see plagueplaintive (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."

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