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a whimper
常用搭配 let out a whimper。
He let out a whimper.
他发出了一声呜咽。
呜咽；低声抽泣
whimpers — plural of whimper
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
呜咽；低声抽泣
a low intermittent sob
He let out a whimper.
他发出了一声呜咽。
低沉的断续呜咽
A low intermittent sob.
She tried to hide a whimper when the nurse gave her the injection.
护士给她打针时，她试图忍住不发出呜咽声。
The puppy let out a soft whimper when the door closed.
门关上时，小狗发出了一声轻柔的呜咽。
I heard a whimper from the next room and knew the child was scared.
我听到隔壁房间传来一声呜咽，就知道孩子害怕了。
常用搭配 let out a whimper。
He let out a whimper.
他发出了一声呜咽。
介词短语，表示伴随状态。
The animal collapsed with a whimper.
那动物伴着一声呜咽倒下了。
表示毫无怨言或无声地。
She endured the pain without a whimper.
她一声不吭地忍受了疼痛。
whimper后接介词of说明原因或性质。
A whimper of fear escaped from the child.
孩子发出了一声恐惧的呜咽。
Not this
The puppy let out a whine.
Use this
The puppy let out a whimper.
Whine和whimper都表示低声哭泣，但whimper更强调因疼痛或恐惧而发出的抽泣声，whine则带有抱怨或烦躁的语气。这里小狗因疼痛而抽泣，应用whimper。
Not this
He gave a whimpering.
Use this
He gave a whimper.
Whimper作为名词，意为抽泣声，是可数名词，直接使用，不需要加-ing形式。Gave a whimpering是错误的名词化用法，应使用原形名词whimper。
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痛苦的呜咽声
She let out a whimper of pain when she hit her knee.
她撞到膝盖时发出痛苦的呜咽声。
微弱的呜咽声
A faint whimper came from under the table.
桌子底下传来微弱的呜咽声。
恐惧的呜咽声
The child gave a whimper of fear during the thunderstorm.
雷雨时，孩子发出恐惧的呜咽声。
发出呜咽
The dog gave a whimper when left alone.
那只狗被单独留下时发出呜咽。
不是轰轰烈烈，而是悄无声息地结束；虎头蛇尾
The negotiations ended not with a bang but a whimper, with no agreement signed.
谈判虎头蛇尾地结束了，没有签署任何协议。
毫无怨言地；一声不吭地
She took the bad news without a whimper.
她一声不吭地接受了这个坏消息。
世界就是这样终结的，不是轰然巨响，而是悄声呜咽。
In "The Hollow Men," T. S. Eliot writes, "This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper."
在《空心人》中，T.S. 艾略特写道：“世界就是这样终结的，不是轰然巨响，而是悄声呜咽。”
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把 whimper 拆成 whim（怪念头）+ per（每）来记，虽非真实构词，但画面感强：每次怪念头就低声呜咽。
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述人因害怕、疼痛或委屈发出的低声抽泣、描述动物（如小狗）发出的低而断续的呜咽声 作名词时通常指因害怕、疼痛或委屈而发出的低而断续的哭声；在书面叙事和日常描述中都比较常见，语气不算正式也不粗俗。
Whimper /ˈhwɪmpə/ rhymes with simper /ˈsɪmpə/ and limper /ˈlɪmpə/ (all end in /-ɪmpə/). Shimmer /ˈʃɪmə/ and glimmer /ˈɡlɪmə/ look similar but have no /p/, so they end in /-ɪmə/ and do not rhyme. Whim /wɪm/ and wimp /wɪmp/ are shorter lookalikes: they share the opening but lack the unstressed ending /ə/; whim also lacks the /p/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.