whimper
英 [ˈwɪmpə(r)]
美 [ˈwɪmpər]
v. 抽泣; 呜咽; 啜泣; 泣诉; 抽搭着说
n. 抽泣; 呜咽声
过去式:whimpered 现在分词:whimpering 复数:whimpers 第三人称单数:whimpers 过去分词:whimpered
Collins.1 / BNC.17232 / COCA.13999
牛津词典
verb
- 抽泣;呜咽;啜泣;泣诉;抽搭着说
to make low, weak crying noises; to speak in this way- The child was lost and began to whimper.
那孩子迷了路,抽抽搭搭地哭起来。 - ‘Don't leave me alone,’ he whimpered.
“别丢下我不管。”他呜咽着说。
- The child was lost and began to whimper.
noun
- 抽泣;呜咽声
a low weak cry that a person or an animal makes when they are hurt, frightened or sad
柯林斯词典
- VERB 抽泣;呜咽;啜泣
If someonewhimpers, they make quiet unhappy or frightened sounds, as if they are about to start crying.- She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain...
她躺在楼梯底部,痛得呜咽着。 - He made another pathetic whimpering sound.
他又发出一声凄惨的呜咽。 - Whimperis also a noun.
- David's crying subsided to a whimper.
大卫的哭声慢慢变成了呜咽。
- She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain...
- VERB 抽噎着说;哀诉
If someonewhimperssomething, they say it in an unhappy or frightened way.- 'Let me go,' she whimpered. 'You're hurting me.'...
“放开我,”她哀诉道,“你弄痛我了。” - She whimpered something inaudible.
她呜咽着说了些什么,听不清。
- 'Let me go,' she whimpered. 'You're hurting me.'...
- PHRASE 雷声大,雨点小
If you say that something happensnot with a bang but a whimper, you mean that it is less effective or exciting than was expected or intended.- He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper...
他黯然退出了世界政坛。 - The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang.
庆祝活动出乎意料地悄然开始。
- He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper...
英英释义
noun
- a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
verb
双语例句
- The old man looked at her in terror and began to whimper.
老头儿恐惧地瞧着她,开始呜咽起来。 - 'he could carry me off tomorrow and I wouldn't raise a whimper!'she said.
“也许他明天就会把我劫走,我是不会呻吟一声的!”她说。 - She whimpered something inaudible.
她呜咽着说了些什么,听不清。 - If this really the end, if his self-proclaimed "Last Stand" is going to end in a whimper, he will end it mirthfully, knowing that he can only control so much and that sometimes you just lose.
如果这真的是结束,如果他自己宣称的最后一站真的会在叹息中结束,他也会将它结束的喜气洋洋,因为他总能控制的如此之好,即使是刚刚到来的失败。 - You will no doubt begin to moan, groan and whimper.
你肯会开始不住的呻吟和啜泣。 - He could not possibly have endured a whipping without a moan or a whimper.
他不可能挨了一顿鞭打而不呻吟或呜咽的。 - He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper
他黯然退出了世界政坛。 - Caught forever in their shallow thoughts, they whimper like small children, afraid of what they cannot understand.
永远被自己狭隘的思想所束缚,他们像小孩那样呜咽着,对他们无法理解的东西充满了无限的恐惧。 - This is the way the world ends/ Not with a bang but a whimper.
这就是世界完结的方式/不是砰的一声垮掉,而是轻轻地啜泣着消亡。 - The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang.
庆祝活动出乎意料地悄然开始。