plaintive
adj. 悲哀的,哀怨的; 哭訴的; 可憐的; 憂鬱的
A plaintive sound or voice sounds sad.
They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls...
他們躺在硬實的沙地上,聽著海鷗的哀鳴。
Her voice was small and plaintive.
她的聲音微弱而哀傷。
1. expressing sorrow
He accepted Overbrook's next plaintive invitation, for an evening two weeks off.
他接受了奧弗布魯克下一次苦苦央求的邀請, 日期是在兩星期後的一個晚上.
For the season grows and there is a plaintive shepherd's pipe in the shade.
由於豐收,季節也變得碩果累累;濃蔭下不時傳來牧童悽婉的笛聲.
Her voice was a little plaintive.
她的聲音有點兒傷感.
I heard a plaintive cry.
我聽到一聲悲傷的哭泣.
Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.
觀眾席裡,一位老太太傷心地哭起來.