whimper about sth
The child whimpered about losing his toy.
孩子因丢了玩具而呜咽。
呜咽；啜泣；低声抱怨
whimpering — present participle of whimper
呜咽着说；带着哭声说；轻声断续地哭泣；低声呜咽；哀鸣；抱怨；呜咽地说
To cry or sob softly and intermittently; to make a low, whining, broken sound; to whine or complain weakly.
轻声断续地哭泣
To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
低声呜咽；哀鸣；抱怨
To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
呜咽地说
To say something in a whimpering manner.
一般现在时
The dog whimpers when it is scared.
狗害怕时呜咽。
一般过去时
She whimpered softly during the movie.
她看电影时轻声啜泣。
现在进行时
The child is whimpering in the corner.
孩子正在角落抽泣。
规则动词
The puppy whimpered softly when I left the room.
当我离开房间时，小狗轻轻地呜咽起来。
用法提示：whimpered 是 whimper 的过去式，表示小狗低声呜咽。
She was whimpering in her sleep after the bad dream.
做了噩梦后，她在睡梦中低声啜泣。
用法提示：whimpering 是 whimper 的现在分词，表示持续低声啜泣。
He whimpered with pain as the nurse cleaned the wound.
护士清理伤口时，他疼得低声呻吟。
用法提示：whimpered 是 whimper 的过去式，表示因疼痛而低声呜咽。
The child whimpered about losing his toy.
孩子因丢了玩具而呜咽。
He whimpered that he didn't want to go.
他呜咽着说他不想去。
The dog whimpered in the corner.
狗在角落里呜咽。
whine 常指尖细而持续的声音，或因不满而纠缠不休；比 whimper 更带烦人、不耐烦的语气，使用范围更宽。
snivel 指一边吸鼻子一边哭，常含贬义，显得懦弱可怜；whimper 较中性，多形容孩子或动物轻声断续地哭。
moan 强调因痛苦或悲伤发出低沉的呻吟声，不一定流泪；whimper 更短促、细弱，常伴哭腔。
grammar · medium
易错句子He whimpered fear when he saw the spider.
正确表达He whimpered in fear when he saw the spider.
Whimper 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语，需要加介词 in 来连接原因。
grammar · medium
易错句子The child whimpered loudly all night.
正确表达The child cried loudly all night.
Whimper 表示低声啜泣，与 loudly 矛盾，应该使用 cry 或 sob 等表示大声哭泣的动词。
针对 whimper 的“低声呜咽”义项：wail 指大声、强烈的哭喊，是音量/力度上的反义词，但 wail 更侧重痛哭，不能完全互换。
针对 whimper 的“低声呜咽”义项：roar 表示响亮、强烈的发出声音，与 whimper 的轻声断续相对；但 roar 多指吼叫而非哭泣，需注意使用场景。
针对 whimper 的“低声呜咽”义项：howl 指长而响亮的嚎叫或哀嚎，与 whimper 的低弱声相反；howl 也可用于动物，需注意搭配对象。
whimper强调因悲伤或恐惧而发出的轻柔呜咽，whine常指因不满或疼痛而发出的尖细抱怨声
whimper指轻声断续的呜咽，sob指较明显的抽噎，呼吸急促
weep强调流泪哭泣，可无声或有声；whimper侧重发出的呜咽声而非流泪
轻声呜咽
The puppy whimpered softly in its sleep.
小狗在睡梦中轻声呜咽。
疼得低声呜咽
He whimpered in pain as the nurse cleaned the wound.
护士清理伤口时，他疼得低声呜咽。
因害怕而低声呜咽
The child whimpered with fear during the thunderstorm.
雷雨时，孩子因害怕而低声呜咽。
像孩子一样呜咽
He whimpered like a child when he lost the game.
输掉比赛时，他像孩子一样呜咽。
呜咽着道歉
She whimpered an apology before leaving the room.
她呜咽着道了歉，然后离开了房间。
不是轰然爆发，而是悄然收场；指事情以软弱无力、令人失望的方式结束。
The marriage ended not with a bang but a whimper.
这段婚姻并不是轰轰烈烈地结束，而是悄无声息地走到了尽头。
黯然退场；无精打采地结束。
The team went out of the competition with a whimper.
这支球队在比赛中黯然出局。
世界就是这样终结的——不是砰然巨响，而是低声呜咽。
In "The Hollow Men," T.S. Eliot imagines the world ending with a whimper, not a bang, to express a quiet, hopeless ending.
在《空心人》中，T.S.艾略特想象世界以呜咽而非巨响告终，表达一种寂静而绝望的结局。
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