看單詞，猜詞意，今日單詞：plaintive

背單詞打卡 2023.08.18

plain作為名詞大家都是知道的。那么加上“tive”毫無疑問就是這個(gè)名詞的形容詞形式了。但是錯(cuò)了，因?yàn)閜lain本身也可以是一個(gè)形容詞，所以不需要后綴“tive”加持。先猜一下詞義，然后再查詞典，意外可以讓我們更容易的記住單詞。

例句：

They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls.

Read the word and guess the meaning, today's word: plaintive

We all know plain as a noun. The addition of "tive" would undoubtedly be the adjective form of the noun. But that's not true, because plain can be an adjective in its own right, so it doesn't need the suffix "tive". Please guess the meaning of the word first, and then look it up in the dictionary. The unexpected can help us to remember words more easily.