Whimper
['wɪmpə] or ['wɪmpɚ]
解释:
(v. i.) To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.
(v. t.) To utter in alow, whining tone.
(n.) A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
录入:丽贝卡
同义词及近义词：
v. n. Cry (in-low and broken tones), snivel, blubber, whine.
编辑:梅齐
解释:
v.i. to cry with a low whining voice.—n. a peevish cry.—ns. Whim′perer one who whimpers; Whim′pering peevish crying.—adv. Whim′peringly.—Be on the whimper to be peevish and ready to cry.
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例句:
- The wretched creature began to whimper. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Amelia was making a fool of herself in an absurd hysterical manner, and retired to her own room to whimper in private. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I can't help it,' whimpered the lady. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- I can't be more miserable anywhere,' whimpered the whelp, 'than I have been here, ever since I can remember. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- But--but--oh, for God's sake, do come and live near me, and--and--see me sometimes, whimpered out the unfortunate man. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Tell her that she does not know all: Tell her that I am innocent, dear Pitt, she whimpered out. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I whimpered, I don't know. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- But he only whimpered and stared at me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Dear me,' whimpered Mrs. Gradgrind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- My love would have been devoted--would have trod your paltry whimpering under foot! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- She was wiping the dead face carefully, and murmuring, almost whimpering, very softly: 'Poor Mr Crich! 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Let us respect Amelia and her mamma whispering and whimpering and laughing and crying in the parlour and the twilight. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Mr Venus, always in exceedingly low spirits and making whimpering sounds, peers about for the stuffed canary. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Then, whimpering again, and at intervals biting the curls, and stopping to look how much was bitten off, 'It's a shame! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- No, don't starve me,' he urged, whimpering. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- She has been whimpering half a dozen times, at the very notion of it, already to me. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Yes, I see you once afore at the inkwhich, whimpers Jo. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
编辑:莎蒂