Word · Frequency #12684

whines

/hwain/

noun

哀鸣；尖细的哭叫声

whines is the plural of whine.

A long, high-pitched, complaining cry or sound.

牢骚；怨言；长而尖锐的抱怨声或声音；爱发牢骚或自怜的抱怨或批评；哀叫声；嘎嘎声

In use

The dog gave a low whine when I left the room.

我离开房间时，狗发出一声低沉的哀鸣。

I could hear the whine of the engine from across the street.

我能从街对面听到发动机的嗡嗡声。

Her constant whines about the weather annoyed everyone.

她不停地抱怨天气，让大家都烦了。

a high-pitched whine: 尖厉的哀鸣声; The dog let out a high-pitched whine when I stepped on its paw.我踩到狗的爪子时，它发出尖厉的哀鸣声。
a whine of pain: 痛苦的哀鸣; A low whine of pain escaped the injured animal.受伤的动物发出一声低低的痛苦哀鸣。
a constant whine: 不停的抱怨; His constant whine about the homework annoyed everyone.他没完没了地抱怨作业，惹恼了所有人。
the whine of an engine: 发动机的呜呜声; We could hear the whine of the engine from across the street.我们能从街对面听到发动机的呜呜声。
a whine in one's voice: 声音里的哀怨; There was a whine in her voice as she asked for help.她求助时声音里带着一丝哀怨。

联想“why”加后缀，孩子拖着长音问“为什么”时发出的呜呜哀鸣，就是whine。

语域：mixed 常见场景：machinery or animal sounds、informal complaints 作名词时，两种常见义项的语体不同：表示尖细的长音（如机器或动物发出的声音）比较中性；表示抱怨、哭诉则多用于口语，常带厌烦或贬义。

这些词都与 whine 一样以 /aɪn/ 结尾，构成韵脚。注意：sign 拼写为 -gn，但发音相同。而 whine 和 wine 仅多一个 h，在常见口音中二者同音。并非所有 -ine 拼写都读 /aɪn/，例如 engine /ˈɛndʒɪn/ 就不同。

Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

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