Puling
[pju:liŋ]
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pule
(n.) A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.
(a.) Whimpering; whining; childish.
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例句:
- A while since that sufficed to keep her handsome and cheery, and there she sits now a poor, little, pale, puling chit enough. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He will sow his wild oats, she would say, and is worth far more than that puling hypocrite of a brother of his. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- This was the man who had been the main instrument in forcing his sister to wed me; well knowing that her heart was given to that puling boy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Even now, there was only that puling, sickly Pitt Crawley between Rawdon and a baronetcy; and should anything happen to the former, all would be well. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
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