whimper

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n. 抽泣, 呜咽, 啜泣, 哭诉 vi. 呜咽, 啜泣, 抽噎地哭 vt. 呜咽着说, 啜泣着说

发音

UK /ˈwɪmpə/
UK /ˈwɪmpʰə/
/ˈʍɪmpə/
/ˈw̥ɪmpʰə/
US /ˈwɪmpɚ/
US /ˈwɪmpʰɚ/
/ˈʍɪmpɚ/
/ˈw̥ɪmpʰɚ/

词形变化

whimpers 复数 whimpers whimpered whimpering whimpers 三单 whimpering 现在分词 whimpered 过去式 whimpered 过去分词

别名

wimper

教材释义与例句

名词

呜咽声；啜泣声；牢骚；怨声

动词

呜咽；啜泣；低声抱怨

动词

呜咽着说；啜泣着说

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A low intermittent sob.

    呜咽声

v.
  1. 1.

    To cry or sob softly and intermittently.

    抽泣

    呜咽

    The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.

  2. 2.

    To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.

  3. 3.

    To say something in a whimpering manner.

    “Master, please don’t punish me!” he whimpered.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

whine

上位词 1

complaint
动词

同义词 3

wail mewl pule

上位词 2

cry weep

词源

From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).

来源：wiktionary