plaint
noun /pleɪnt/
/pleɪnt/
- (British English, law
) a complaint made against somebody in court法律 起诉;诉状 - (literary) a sad call or sound
凄凉的哭泣(或声音)
词源Middle English: from Old French plainte, feminine past participle of plaindre ‘complain’, or from Old French plaint, from Latin planctus ‘beating of the breast’.