plaintive是什么意思？

plaintive

英[ˈpleɪntɪv] 美[ˈplentɪv]

• adj. 悲哀的，哀怨的，哭诉的，可怜的，忧郁的；

比较级：more plaintive;

最高级：most plaintive;

副词：plaintively;

例句

• 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。
• a plaintive tune 哀调
• the bird’s plaintive call 鸟儿哀伤的叫声
• They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls. 他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。
• Suddenly a camel let out a plaintive ay, not far away. 骆驼忽然哀叫了两声, 离他不远.
• Her voice was small and plaintive. 她的声音微弱而哀伤。
• They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls... 他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。
• ...the plaintive call of a whale. 鲸的哀鸣

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  悲伤的；哀怨的
  A plaintive sound or voice sounds sad.
  例句
  They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls... 他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。 Her voice was small and plaintive. 她的声音微弱而哀伤。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  表示悲痛的,哭诉的
  the bird’s plaintive call 鸟儿哀伤的叫声 a plaintive tune 哀调 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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. expressing sorrow