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单词 plangent
释义 plan·gent
\-jənt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin plangent-, plangens, present participle of plangere to strike, lament — more at plaint
1. : having a loud and reverberating sound : resonant
 < let out a plangent roar — New Yorker >
 < plangent organ music — J.L.Lowes >
2. : having an expressive especially plaintive quality
 < the long plangent ripple of the harp strings — Osbert Sitwell >
 < a strange, chanting cry, slow and plangent — C.G.D.Roberts >
plan·gent·ly adverb
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