英语词汇“plaintive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

plaintive

/ˈpleɪntɪv

adjective

Sounding sad and mournful: a plaintive cry...

From a whooshing, gurgling still comes the ringing, plaintive and mournful.
The plaintive cry of kids playing in their streets and gardens for many years has been ‘We want our ball back.’
There are plaintive cries from MSPs about their workload, which, they argue, can only be sustained with their current numbers.

Synonyms

mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, melancholic, sorrowful, unhappy, wretched, woeful, grief-stricken, broken-hearted, heartbroken, desolate, heart-rending, forlorn, woebegone, disconsolate

literary plangent, heartsick, dolorous

Derivatives

plaintively

/ˈpleɪntɪvli

/ adverb ...

It's one of the ironies of fame, that those who are not yet famous are prepared to give everything in their determination to succeed, and years later, when they have succeeded, they ask plaintively why their personal lives are a mess.
‘You didn't have to grab my legs like that,’ he said plaintively.
His faster songs were rapidly percussive, his slower songs were plaintively rendered in his odd quavering-soprano voice, and they all had that trademark energy.

plaintiveness

/ˈpleɪntɪvnəs

/ noun ...

His presence resonates strongly on the album; his energy and rhythm permeate through the album's 11 tracks, underscoring the already moody screamo with an uncontrived sense of plaintiveness.
The slight plaintiveness of this is underscored by the call to ‘get back to the issues.’
Likewise, her voice has a matter-of-fact plaintiveness that defines, but can also box in, her performance.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French plaintif, -ive, from plainte 'lamentation' (see plaint).

Plaintive comes via Old French plainte ‘lamentation’, from Latin plangere ‘to beat, lament’. The legal plaintiff (Late Middle English) is the same word used as a noun. Plangere also gives us Late Middle English complain (the com- being emphatic), and plangent (early 19th century).

单词	plaintive
释义	plaintive /ˈpleɪntɪv / adjective Sounding sad and mournful: a plaintive cry... From a whooshing, gurgling still comes the ringing, plaintive and mournful. The plaintive cry of kids playing in their streets and gardens for many years has been ‘We want our ball back.’ There are plaintive cries from MSPs about their workload, which, they argue, can only be sustained with their current numbers. Synonyms mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, melancholic, sorrowful, unhappy, wretched, woeful, grief-stricken, broken-hearted, heartbroken, desolate, heart-rending, forlorn, woebegone, disconsolate literary plangent, heartsick, dolorous Derivatives plaintively /ˈpleɪntɪvli / adverb ... It's one of the ironies of fame, that those who are not yet famous are prepared to give everything in their determination to succeed, and years later, when they have succeeded, they ask plaintively why their personal lives are a mess. ‘You didn't have to grab my legs like that,’ he said plaintively. His faster songs were rapidly percussive, his slower songs were plaintively rendered in his odd quavering-soprano voice, and they all had that trademark energy. plaintiveness /ˈpleɪntɪvnəs / noun ... His presence resonates strongly on the album; his energy and rhythm permeate through the album's 11 tracks, underscoring the already moody screamo with an uncontrived sense of plaintiveness. The slight plaintiveness of this is underscored by the call to ‘get back to the issues.’ Likewise, her voice has a matter-of-fact plaintiveness that defines, but can also box in, her performance. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French plaintif, -ive, from plainte 'lamentation' (see plaint). Plaintive comes via Old French plainte ‘lamentation’, from Latin plangere ‘to beat, lament’. The legal plaintiff (Late Middle English) is the same word used as a noun. Plangere also gives us Late Middle English complain (the com- being emphatic), and plangent (early 19th century).
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