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单词 whimper
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whimper

/ˈhwɪmpə(r)/
no obj.
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(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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

[ORIGIN: with allusion to T. S. Eliot's 'This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper'(Hollow Men, 1925).]
派生词

whimperer

noun

whimperingly

adverb
词源
early 16th cent.: from dialect whimp 'to whimper', of imitative origin.
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