plaintive

英 [ˈpleɪntɪv]

美 [ˈpleɪntɪv]

adj.  (声音)悲伤的，哀怨的

IELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.20476 / COCA.19048

牛津词典

adj.

• （声音）悲伤的，哀怨的
  sounding sad, especially in a weak complaining way
  1. a plaintive cry/voice
     凄楚的哭泣 / 声音

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 悲伤的；哀怨的
  Aplaintivesound or voice sounds sad.
  1. 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。
  2. Her voice was small and plaintive.
     她的声音微弱而哀伤。

英英释义

adj

• expressing sorrow
  Synonym:mournful

双语例句

• He concluded his plaintive melody, a very simple performance, demanding no great skill;
  他弹完了忧郁的旋律，他的弹奏非常简单，也不需要很大的技巧；
• From somewhere in the woods beyond the pond, the plaintive calls of geese honked and died away.
  从水塘彼岸的树林里不知什么地方传来几声鹅的哀鸣，转而又悠然消逝。
• Those who have a house is difficult to live; and those who haven't is plaintive as well!
  他们有房子的是艰难的，我们没房子的更是悲哀的！
• He wrote to Connie with the same plaintive melancholy note as ever, sometimes witty, and touched with a queer, sexless affection.
  他用着平时那种不平而忧郁的语调和康妮通信，有时写得很精彩。但总是渲染着一种奇异的无性爱的爱情。
• She kept this faint smile even when singing plaintive songs. I'm a sucker for this kind of thing and the tears rolled.
  她唱悲歌时也保持着淡淡的微笑。我最易受这种情形的打动，于是热泪滚滚。
• Baoyu could see no merit in these disjointed and cryptic songs, but the plaintive music intoxicated his senses.
  宝玉听了此曲，散漫无稽，不见得好处，但其声韵凄惋，竟能销魂醉魄。
• Nehru himself sent the President a long and plaintive letter at the end of the month.
  本月末，尼赫鲁亲自给总统写了一封诉苦的长信。
• As he struggled for breath, the blood roaring in his ears, his shouts of terror began to subside, turning first into a whimper, then into a long plaintive wail.
  他努力喘息，血一下子都涌到了耳根，他恐惧的喊叫声也开始变弱，先是一阵呜咽，随后就变成了悠长的悲鸣。
• 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。
• Possibly picking up the scent of her young, she let out a high-pitched, plaintive whine.
  她可能闻到了幼崽的气味，发出一声尖锐，哀伤的悲嚎。