whimper

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A low intermittent sob.
动词 v.
  1. To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
    — The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.
  2. To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
    — Was ther euer yet prechers, but ther wer gainſayers? that ſpurned? that winſt? that whimpered againſt him?
  3. To say something in a whimpering manner.
    — “Master, please don’t punish me!” he whimpered.

词形变化

whimpers plural whimpers present,singular,third-person whimpering participle,present whimpered participle,past whimpered past

词汇关系

近义词
mewl
衍生词
whimperative

词源

词源 1
From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).
词源 2
From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).
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