| 单词 | plangent |
| 释义 | plangentWord family nounplangencyadjectiveplangentadverbplangently plan·gent /ˈplændʒənt/ adjectiveadj [usually before noun] literary SAD/UNHAPPYa plangent sound is loud and deep and sounds sad 〔声音〕凄切的，悲戚的，如泣如诉的 the plangent sound of the violin 如泣如诉的小提琴声 —plangently adverbadv —plangency noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus plangent• Francie made a final plangent chord and took the fiddle from under his chin.• Entering St Petersburg Conservatory at 13, he shocked his professors with his angular harmonies, jagged rhythms and plangent colours.• The altered states, the plangent electronic keyboards, and her use of Biblical text all conspire to create a portentous sound.• Doubtless there are grizzled old dead-heads who got sober listening to the plangent harmonies of Dark Star.• Then came the quiet plangent sound of a harpsichord. (1800-1900) Latin present participle of plangere; PLAINT |
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