单词 | plaintive |
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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 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】形容complain(抱怨,控诉)时的样子 |
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