whimper

英语

词源

源自方言词whimp (“惨叫”) +‎ -er (反复态后缀)。对比德语 wimmern (“抽泣”)。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈwɪmpə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɪmpə(ɹ)/

• （美国）音频：

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• 韵部：-ɪmpə(ɹ)

名词

whimper (复数 whimpers)

1. 呜咽声

动词

whimper (第三人称单数简单现在时 whimpers，现在分词 whimpering，一般过去时及过去分词 whimpered)

1. 抽泣，啜泣

   The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.

   我们离开房间以后，孤独的小狗狗开始抽泣起来。

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2. 泣不成声；哀声
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3. 呜咽、哭泣着说

   “Master, please don’t punish me!” he whimpered.

   “主人，不要惩罚我！”他呜咽道。

   • 2019年5月12日，Alex McLevy，“Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1]:

     Stripped of all bravado, Cersei breaks, and shows the very scared, vulnerable woman who has kept her emotions at bay. “I don’t want to die,” she whimpers, “Not like this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.

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近义词

• 参见Thesaurus:weep

衍生词汇

• whimperative