whimper
verb [intransitive, transitive]to make low, weak crying noises; to speak in this way 抽泣;呜咽;啜泣;泣诉;抽搭着说 The dog whimpered softly. 那只狗轻声呜咽着。 The child was lost and began to whimper. 那孩子迷了路,抽抽搭搭地哭起来。 - + speech
‘Don't leave me alone,’ he whimpered. “别丢下我不管。” 他呜咽着说。
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsc2He stirred in her arms, whimpering like a child. 他在她怀里抽动着,哭得像个孩子。 She was whimpering in fear. 她害怕得直哭。 The boy was whimpering with pain. 男孩疼得直哭。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quietly
- softly
- slightly
- …
- begin to
- start to
- hear somebody
- …
- in
- with
- whimper like a child
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from dialect whimp ‘to whimper’, of imitative origin.