(of a person or animal)make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or discontent
(人,动物)(因恐惧、痛苦或不满等而)抽泣,抽搭,呜咽
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a child in a bed nearby began to whimper .躺在附近床上的小孩开始抽泣。
[with direct speech]say something in a low, feeble voice expressive of such emotions
抽抽搭搭地说,哭诉
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‘He's not dead, is he?’ she whimpered .“他没死,对吧?”她哭着说道。
a low, feeble sound expressive of such emotions
抽泣声,呜咽声
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she gave a little whimper of protest .她发出小声的抗议。
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微弱的声音;骤降的语调;虎头蛇尾
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their first appearance in the top flight ended with a whimper rather than a bang .他们最初的登场体面又风光,最后却以冷冷清清、无人喝彩而收场。[ORIGIN: with allusion to T. S. Eliot's ‘This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper'(<Italic>Hollow Men</Italic>, 1925).]
"early 16th cent.: from dialect