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Plaintive Song Pleintiv A.可怜的,伤心的 英 Adj 可怜的,伤心的(Expr Essive

单词 plaintive
音标 ['pleintiv]
解释 a.可怜的,伤心的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 可怜的,伤心的(expr essive of woe;melancholy)
【记】 plaint(哀诉)+ive; 参考: a plaintive old song
【例】 a plaintive old song
字源 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.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】形容complain(抱怨,控诉)时的样子

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