2VERB 抽噎着说;哀诉 If someone whimpers something, they say it in an unhappy or frightened way. 抽噎着说;哀诉
'Let me go,' she whimpered. 'You're hurting me.'. [VERB with quote]
“放开我,”她哀诉道,“你弄痛我了。”
She whimpered something inaudible. [VERB noun]
她呜咽着说了些什么,听不清。
3PHRASE [PHRASE after verb]雷声大,雨点小 If you say that something happens not with a bang but a whimper, you mean that it is less effective or exciting than was expected or intended. 雷声大,雨点小
He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper.
他黯然退出了世界政坛。
The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WHIMPER | WHIMPER + VERBADJECTIVE➤little, slight, small, soft (especially NAmE) 低聲抽泣;小聲啜泣;輕聲嗚咽▸➤frightened, pathetic害怕的啜泣聲;引人憐憫的嗚咽VERB + WHIMPER➤give, let out發出嗚咽聲◇The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.這隻動物低聲嗚咽,令人憐憫。◇She let out a whimper of pain.她疼得哭出了聲。➤hear聽見嗚咽聲WHIMPER + VERB➤escape sb/sth嗚咽聲不禁從⋯發出◇A small whimper escaped his lips.他不由得輕聲抽泣起來。whimper
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ADVERB | VERB + WHIMPER | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤quietly, softly靜靜地啜泣;輕聲地嗚咽◇The dog whimpered softly.那隻狗輕聲嗚咽着。➤slightly (especially NAmE) 略微啜泣▸➤pathetically淒慘地嗚咽VERB + WHIMPER➤begin to, start to開始嗚咽▸➤hear sb聽到某人啜泣PREPOSITION➤in在⋯中哭泣◇She was whimpering in fear.她害怕得直哭。➤with因⋯而哭泣◇The boy was whimpering with pain.男孩疼得直哭。PHRASES➤whimper like a child像孩子一樣哭泣◇He stirred in her arms, whimpering like a child.他在她懷裏抽動着,哭得像個孩子。