plangent
英 ['pl?n(d)?(?)nt]
美['pl?nd??nt]
GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
1、plang- + -ent.
2、=> beating with a loud sound, or that sound makes lamentation.
中文詞源
plangent 哀婉的，凄涼的來自拉丁語plangere,哀悼，悲痛，詞源同plague,plaint.
英文詞源
- plangent
- plangent: see plague
- plangent (adj.)
- "beating with a loud sound," 1822, from Latin plangentem (nominative plangens), present participle of plangere "to strike, beat" (see plague (n.)). Related: Plangently.
雙語例句
- 1. the plangent sound of the harpsichord
- 撥弦鍵琴如泣如訴的聲音
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Today's world, a lot of places left already sprinkler and farm cattle, leaving even plangent machine times.
- 今天的世界，許多地方早已離別了水車和耕牛，甚至正在離別轟鳴的機器時代。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Enormous engine is plangent blow airline challenges civilian battalion the bugle of state - owned airline.
- 巨大的引擎轟鳴吹響了民營航空公司挑戰(zhàn) 國有 航空公司的號角.
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