whimper
vi. 啜泣,嗚咽; 抱怨
vt. 啜泣或嗚咽著說
n. 啜泣聲,嗚咽聲; 怨聲
If someone whimpers, they make quiet unhappy or frightened sounds, as if they are about to start crying.
She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain...
她躺在樓梯底部,痛得嗚咽著。
He made another pathetic whimpering sound.
他又發出一聲悽慘的嗚咽。
If someone whimpers something, they say it in an unhappy or frightened way.
'Let me go,' she whimpered. 'You're hurting me.'...
“放開我,”她哀訴道,“你弄痛我了。”
She whimpered something inaudible.
她嗚咽著說了些什麼,聽不清。
If you say that something happens not with a bang but a whimper, you mean that it is less effective or exciting than was expected or intended.
He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper...
他黯然退出了世界政壇。
The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang.
慶祝活動出乎意料地悄然開始。
1. a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
1. cry weakly or softly;
He could not possibly have endured a whipping without a whimper.
他不可能一聲不吭地忍受鞭打.
I was listening a cry or a whimper from upstairs.
我“留神”聽著樓上傳來的哭聲或嗚咽聲.
In short, bear markets sometimes end with a bang , sometimes with whimper.
簡而言之, 熊市終結的到來有時喧囂有時平靜.
Britain's new coalition government seems intent on bowing out without so much as a whimper.
英國新的聯合政府似乎打算一聲不吭地退出競賽.
The old man looked at her in terror and began to whimper.
老頭兒恐懼地瞧著她,開始嗚咽起來.