whimpering

英 [ˈwɪmpərɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɪmpərɪŋ]

v.  抽泣; 呜咽; 啜泣; 泣诉; 抽搭着说
whimper的现在分词

复数：whimperings　现在分词：whimpering　

BNC.39445 / COCA.37080

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.
  1. She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain...
     她躺在楼梯底部，痛得呜咽着。
  2. He made another pathetic whimpering sound.
     他又发出一声凄惨的呜咽。
  3. Whimperis also a noun.
     
  4. David's crying subsided to a whimper.
     大卫的哭声慢慢变成了呜咽。
• VERB 抽噎着说;哀诉
  If someonewhimperssomething, they say it in an unhappy or frightened way.
  1. 'Let me go,' she whimpered. 'You're hurting me.'...
     “放开我，”她哀诉道，“你弄痛我了。”
  2. She whimpered something inaudible.
     她呜咽着说了些什么，听不清。
• 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.
  1. He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper...
     他黯然退出了世界政坛。
  2. The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang.
     庆祝活动出乎意料地悄然开始。

双语例句

• In order to prevent this disaster scenario, you respond quickly to any night-time whimpering.
  为了阻止这种灾难的发生，你会迅速对夜里的任何抽泣声作出反应。
• He was still whimpering when the police showed up.
  警察出现时，他还在抽泣。
• A very faint whimpering or squeaking, which seemed unconscious, came out of him.
  他有点不自觉地发出了一阵十分轻微的呻吟声。
• He made another pathetic whimpering sound.
  他又发出一声凄惨的呜咽。
• Two of them carried off the whimpering dog.
  他们中两人将那呜咽的狗抬走了。
• He dreamt an old dream of a hovel by the sea, three dogs whimpering, a woman's tears.
  他梦到一个曾经做过的梦：海边的旅馆，三只狗在呜咽，一个女人在流泪。
• I left the dog whimpering pathetically in the corner.
  我把狗扔在角落里可怜地呜咽。
• When the dad finally looked up from his project and his son said, happy birthday, all the father could say in a whimpering tone was no, as he tearfully went in for a hug.
  当父亲看到那辆车时，他对父亲说生日快乐。父亲流着泪抱住他，啜泣着，除了不什么也说不出来。
• Every day he has waited patiently in line for the bus to arrive, boarded with other passengers and then scoured the seats, whimpering as he goes.
  每天，小狗都耐心地排队等候公交车，和其他乘客一起上车，把车厢仔细搜寻一遍后呜咽着下车。
• A half-starved dog sat miserably in the corner, whimpering pathetically.
  一只半饥的狗可怜巴巴地卧在角落里，凄惨地呜咽着。