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
  1. The child was lost and began to whimper.
     那孩子迷了路，抽抽搭搭地哭起来。
  2. ‘Don't leave me alone,’ he whimpered.
     “别丢下我不管。”他呜咽着说。

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.
  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。

英英释义

noun

• a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
  Synonym:whine

verb

• cry weakly or softly
  1. she wailed with pain
  Synonym:wailmewlpule

双语例句

• Some of us whimper that life's all wrong.
  我们中的一些人就哀诉生活多难。
• 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 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。
• Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over.
  对于我不能控制的事情，求你使我不要报怨，发牢骚。
• 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。
• As he struggled for breath, the blood roaring in his ears, his shouts of terror began to subside, turning first into a whimper, then into a long plaintive wail.
  他努力喘息，血一下子都涌到了耳根，他恐惧的喊叫声也开始变弱，先是一阵呜咽，随后就变成了悠长的悲鸣。
• She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain
  她躺在楼梯底部，痛得呜咽着。
• But it has always been obvious that when Mourinho left the club, he would leave with a bang and not a whimper.
  但是现在已经明朗的是伴随穆里尼奥离开俱乐部的将是一段剧烈的震荡而不是一片哭泣声。
• The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang.
  庆祝活动出乎意料地悄然开始。
• He made another pathetic whimpering sound.
  他又发出一声凄惨的呜咽。