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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • v.哀号, 号哭
  • [英] v.哀号, 号哭 ( to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry)
  • [例] The prisoner whined his innocence.

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

I. verb (whined; whining)

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīnan to whiz; akin to Old Norse hvīna to whiz
  • Date: 13th century
  • intransitive verb
    • 1.
      • a. to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
      • b. to make a sound similar to such a cry <the wind whined in the chimney>
    • 2. to complain with or as if with a whine <always whining about the weather>
    • 3. to move or proceed with the sound of a whine <the bullet whined…across the ice — Berton Roueché>
  • transitive verb
    • to utter or express with or as if with a whine
  • ? whiner noun
  • ? whiningly adverb

II. noun

  • Date: 1633
  • 1.
    • a. a prolonged high-pitched cry usually expressive of distress or pain
    • b. a sound resembling such a cry
  • 2. a complaint uttered with or as if with a whine
  • ? whiny also whiney adjective


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