Snivel
['snɪv(ə)l] or ['snɪvl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) whining in a tearful manner.
(verb.) cry or whine with snuffling; 'Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!'.
(verb.) talk in a tearful manner.
校對:洛丽塔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
(v. i.) To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly.
(v. i.) Mucus from the nose; snot.
編輯:凯利
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Snot.
v. n. Cry (as a child), blubber, whimper.
班尼特手打
解釋/意思:
v.i. to run at the nose: to cry as a child:—pr.p. sniv′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. sniv′elled.—n. snot: cant an affected tearful state.—n. Sniv′eller one prone to snivelling: one who cries for slight causes.—adjs. Sniv′elling snotty: weakly tearful; Sniv′elly snotty whining.
手打:朱迪
例句/造句/用法:
- I never snivel over trifles like that. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Because she leaves you to snivel, and never wipes your nose: she has not even taught you to know the shepherd from the sheep. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- What's set you a snivelling now? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Ye know that, said Tom; I don't pretend none of your snivelling ways, but I won't lie in my 'counts with the devil himself. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Why not have kept him here among the rest, and made a sneaking, snivelling pickpocket of him at once? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Don't stand snivelling there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- What do you come snivelling here for? 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
校對:诺琳