whimper

whimper
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a person or animal) make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or discontent
    （人，动物）（因恐惧、痛苦或不满等而）抽泣，抽搭，呜咽
    a child in a bed nearby began to whimper.
    躺在附近床上的小孩开始抽泣。
    ■[with direct speech]say something in a low, feeble voice expressive of such emotions
    抽抽搭搭地说，哭诉
    ‘He's not dead, is he?’ she whimpered.
    “他没死，对吧？”她哭着说道。
noun
  1. a low, feeble sound expressive of such emotions
    抽泣声，呜咽声
    she gave a little whimper of protest.
    她发出小声的抗议。
    ■(a whimper)a feeble or anticlimatic tone or ending
    微弱的声音；骤降的语调；虎头蛇尾
    their first appearance in the top flight ended with a whimper rather than a bang.
    他们最初的登场体面又风光，最后却以冷冷清清、无人喝彩而收场。
派生
whimperer
noun
whimperingly
adverb
语源
  1. early 16th cent.: from dialect whimp 'to whimper', of imitative origin
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