plaint

n. 悲叹, 感叹, 诉苦, 起诉, 抗议, 抱怨 [法] 控告, 起诉, 告状

发音

UK /pleɪnt/
其它

词形变化

plaints 复数 plaints

别名

playnt

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A complaint.

  2. 2.

    A lament or woeful cry.

    古体 诗歌
  3. 3.

    A sad song.

    古体
  4. 4.

    An accusation.

    英国 古体 法律

    Once the plaint had been made there was nothing that could be done to revoke it.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

wail lament lamentation

上位词 2

complaint allegation

词源

From Middle English plainte, borrowed from Anglo-Norman plainte (“lamentation”), plaint (“lament”), and Old French pleinte (“lamentation”), pleint (“lament”) (modern French plainte), from Medieval Latin plancta (“plaint”), from Latin planctus (“a beating of the breast in lamentation, beating, lamentation”), from Latin plango (“to beat one's breast, to lament”); see plain.

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