snivel
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they snivel | |
he / she / it snivels | |
past simple snivelled | |
past participle snivelled | |
(US English) past simple sniveled | |
(US English) past participle sniveled | |
-ing form snivelling | |
(US English) -ing form sniveling |
to cry and complain in a way that people think is annoying synonym whine(令人讨厌地)哭诉 Stop snivelling! I can’t stand it. 别哭诉了!我受不了。 What a snivelling little brat! 真是个爱哭闹的小淘气!
Word Originlate Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun snyflung ‘mucus’), from snofl, in the same sense; compare with snuffle.