单词 | plangent |
释义 | plan·gent (plănjənt) adj. 1. Loud and resounding: plangent bells. 2. Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive: "From a doorway came the plangent sounds of a guitar" (Malcolm Lowry). [Latin plangēns, plangent-, present participle of plangere, to strike, lament; see plāk-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] plangen·cy n. plangent·ly adv. |
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