whinny

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gentle neigh.
    — And moving out they found the stately horse, / Who now no more a vassal to the thief, / But free to stretch his limbs in lawful fight, / Neigh'd with all gladness as they came, and stoop'd / With a low whinny toward the pair: […]
动词 v.
  1. To make a gentle neigh. intransitive,transitive
    — Cattle lowed here and there, and horses whinnied to be fed.

词形变化

whinnies plural whinney alternative whinnies present,singular,third-person whinnying participle,present whinnied participle,past whinnied past whinney alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”).
词源 2
From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”).
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