| 词汇 | plaintive |
| 释义 | plaintive adjective uk /ˈpleɪn.tɪv/ us /ˈpleɪn.t̬ɪv/ used to describe something that sounds slightly sad: 伤感的 the plaintive sound of the bagpipes悲凉的风笛声 "What about me?" came a plaintive voice.“我怎么办？”一个忧伤的声音问道。 Synonym mournful Describing qualities of sound audibly boomy chocolatey chuff clomp crackling ear-splitting mellifluously melodically melodiously metallically murmurous silvery squeaky staccato textured thready tinnily tunefully tunefulness Related wordsplaintively plaintiveness plaintive | American Dictionaryplaintive adjective us/ˈpleɪn·tɪv/ (esp. of a sound) having a sad quality: I love the plaintive sound of the bagpipes. Examples of plaintiveplaintive The lyrics are mildly plaintive love poems and the music does not so much excite passion as entertain soothingly. It weaves a delicate melodic tracery with whole-tone scales over a sustained backdrop, with hints of shepherd pipes, plaintive cantillation phrases and fragmentary dance rhythms. One dog that died had been: uttering his plaintive howls on the march, a thing one never hears a dog do while working. Combining with this virtual sound-world, the trio's main contribution, apart from plaintive folk-like music at the opening and in a few other key passages, was ostinato-based obbligato work. As has been stated, we have heard many times the rather plaintive cries about the benefits to be won by competition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has made plaintive excuses for the economic necessity of their actions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps, we shall come to some plaintive little tune on the flutes as a finale, and then perhaps hear no more of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I call it a plaintive bleat because in some degree it is hypocritical. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is plaintive because it cannot get on the network as frequently as it would wish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One is doing good by spending has been the plaintive cry of the bankrupt down the ages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we can dismiss the rather plaintive argument that the common agricultural policy is somehow a good thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was almost plaintive in the apology he made for his present policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not term the representations as plaintive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So why is it that we hear the plaintive cries of chambers of commerce and employers' organisations throughout the land that the employee is over-protected? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Parts of his speech were of a very pleasant, rather plaintive kind of candour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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