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

• She had a plaintive way of saying," When Papa was rich we did so-and-so," which was very touching, and her long words were considered'perfectly elegant'by the girls.
  她说“爸爸有钱的那个时候我们如何如何”这句话时，悲哀婉转，令人感动，她拖长了的发音也被姑娘们视为“绝顶优雅”。
• Oh! Years ago, said she, in a voice unlike her usual tones, so plaintive was it, and so soft.
  唉！许多年以前，她说话的声音变得那么悲哀，那么柔和，跟平时的嗓音完全不同了。
• I fell in love with the subtly plaintive timbre of the Qiang flute.
  我喜欢上了羌笛那略带哀怨的音色。
• I thought back to those plaintive cliff top exhortations, Just come here and realise your dreams, and wondered what Teresa Teng would make of it all.
  我又想起悬崖上大喇叭里的那些充满哀伤语气的劝词：到我们这边来，你会梦想成真，不知邓丽君再世，会如何理解这一切？
• 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。
• 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。
• Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow for old, unhappy, far-off things.
  或许，悲怆的诗文流溢出古老、不幸、遥远的往事。
• Regardless cold wind array and the cold rain is plaintive, I also hear my warm heart sounds clearly sincere beating.
  无论寒风阵阵冷雨凄切，我也分明听到我温暖的心音真挚如初。
• 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。