| 单词 | plaint |
| 释义 | plaint[ pleynt ] / pleɪnt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR plaint ON THESAURUS.COM nouna complaint. Law. a statement of grievance made to a court for the purpose of asking redress. a lament; lamentation. Origin of plaint1175–1225; Middle English <Middle French <Latin planctus a striking or beating (the breast) in grief, equivalent to plang(ere) to beat, strike, mourn for + -tus, suffix of v. action Words nearby plaintPlains of Abraham, plainsong, plain-spoken, plainstones, plain suit, plaint, plaintext, plaintiff, plaintive, plain tripe, plain turkey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for plaintBritish Dictionary definitions for plaintplaint / (pleɪnt) / nounarchaic a complaint or lamentation law a statement in writing of grounds of complaint made to a court of law and asking for redress of the grievance Word Origin for plaintC13: from Old French plainte, from Latin planctus lamentation, from plangere to beat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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