Plaintive
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 可怜的, 伤心的
- ［英］ adj. 可怜的, 伤心的 ( expressive of woe;melancholy)
- ［记］ plaint ( 哀诉) +ive; 参考: a plaintive old song
- ［例］ a plaintive old song
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Middle English plaintif grieving, from Anglo-French pleintif, plaintif, from plaint
- Date: 1579
- expressive of suffering or woe ; melancholy <a plaintive sigh>
- ? plaintively adverb
- ? plaintiveness noun
