| 单词 | plangent |
| 释义 | plan·gent /ˈplændʒənt/ adjective [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 adverb —plangency noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusplangent• 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.Origin plangent (1800-1900) Latin present participle of plangere; PLAINTplan·gent adjectiveChineseSyllable loud sound plangent Corpus and is a and deep |
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