whinge

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vi. 喋喋不休地抱怨; 哭诉 n. 抱怨不止

发音

AU /(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/
UK /(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/

词形变化

whinges 复数 whinges whinged whingeing whinges 三单 whinging whingeing 现在分词 whinging 现在分词 whinged 过去式 whinged 过去分词

别名

winge quhynge

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cry.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰 英国

    Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.

  2. 2.

    A peevish complaint.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰 英国

    I know you don't like it, but your whinges won't solve the problem!

v.
  1. 1.

    To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

    爱尔兰 英国

    Argh! He has been whinging about it all night, even though he knows there's nothing we can do.

    I know it won't help but sometimes it feels better to whinge about the things that annoy me.

词源

From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”).

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