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.