whimper

verb

1. 抽泣；呜咽；啜泣；泣诉；抽搭着说
   to make low, weak crying noises; to speak in this way
   1. The child was lost and began to whimper.
      那孩子迷了路，抽抽搭搭地哭起来。
   2. ‘Don't leave me alone,’ he whimpered.
      “别丢下我不管。”他呜咽着说。

noun

1. 抽泣；呜咽声
   a low weak cry that a person or an animal makes when they are hurt, frightened or sad

1. VERB 抽泣;呜咽;啜泣
   If someone whimpers, they make quiet unhappy or frightened sounds, as if they are about to start crying.
   1. She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain...
      她躺在楼梯底部，痛得呜咽着。
   2. He made another pathetic whimpering sound.
      他又发出一声凄惨的呜咽。
   3. Whimper is also a noun.
      
   4. David's crying subsided to a whimper.
      大卫的哭声慢慢变成了呜咽。
2. VERB 抽噎着说;哀诉
   If someone whimpers something, they say it in an unhappy or frightened way.
   1. 'Let me go,' she whimpered. 'You're hurting me.'...
      “放开我，”她哀诉道，“你弄痛我了。”
   2. She whimpered something inaudible.
      她呜咽着说了些什么，听不清。
3. PHRASE 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.
   1. He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper...
      他黯然退出了世界政坛。
   2. The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang.
      庆祝活动出乎意料地悄然开始。

1. She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain
   她躺在楼梯底部，痛得呜咽着。
2. He made another pathetic whimpering sound.
   他又发出一声凄惨的呜咽。
3. 'Let me go,' she whimpered. 'You're hurting me.'
   “放开我，”她哀诉道，“你弄痛我了。”
4. She whimpered something inaudible.
   她呜咽着说了些什么，听不清。
5. He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper
   他黯然退出了世界政坛。
6. The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang.
   庆祝活动出乎意料地悄然开始。
7. Some of us whimper that life's all wrong.
   我们中的一些人就哀诉生活多难。
8. NASA's grand plan to return to the moon is about to vanish with hardly a whimper with the release Monday of President Obama's budget request.
   随着周一奥巴马总统预算申请的发表，美国国家航空和宇宙航行局（NASA）重返月球的宏伟计划即将几乎没有哭泣声地消失。
9. The little boy was not pleased by the change, and began to whimper;
   弟弟对这个变化感到不开心，开始哭起来。
10. I said she couldn't have an ice cream and she started to whimper.
    我说她不能吃冰淇淋，她就开始抽抽搭搭地哭起来。
11. Sunday night goes out with a whimper rather than a bang. Still, it's supposed to be a day of rest.
    星期天的夜晚平平淡淡地过去了，但大家还是认为它够得上一个休息日。
12. She gave a little whimper of protest.
    她呜咽着以示抗议。
13. This is the way the world ends/ Not with a bang but a whimper.
    这就是世界完结的方式/不是砰的一声垮掉，而是轻轻地啜泣着消亡。
14. She always starts off with a band but ends with a whimper.
    她做事总是虎头蛇尾的。
15. Jessica began to whimper softly, and Susan took her from Dad's arms.
    杰西卡突然哭了起来，苏珊把她从爸爸的怀里抱起来。
16. As he struggled for breath, the blood roaring in his ears, his shouts of terror began to subside, turning first into a whimper, then into a long plaintive wail.
    他努力喘息，血一下子都涌到了耳根，他恐惧的喊叫声也开始变弱，先是一阵呜咽，随后就变成了悠长的悲鸣。
17. If this really the end, if his self-proclaimed "Last Stand" is going to end in a whimper, he will end it mirthfully, knowing that he can only control so much and that sometimes you just lose.
    如果这真的是结束，如果他自己宣称的最后一站真的会在叹息中结束，他也会将它结束的喜气洋洋，因为他总能控制的如此之好，即使是刚刚到来的失败。
18. Sobs were heard to proceed from that room. Then he gave a silly little squeal followed by a whimper.
    从那房间里传出呜咽声。接着就发出一声尖叫，然后是一阵的呜咽。
19. The old man looked at her in terror and began to whimper.
    老头儿恐惧地瞧着她，开始呜咽起来。
20. 'he could carry me off tomorrow and I wouldn't raise a whimper!'she said.
    “也许他明天就会把我劫走，我是不会呻吟一声的！”她说。
21. Caught forever in their shallow thoughts, they whimper like small children, afraid of what they cannot understand.
    永远被自己狭隘的思想所束缚，他们像小孩那样呜咽着，对他们无法理解的东西充满了无限的恐惧。
22. He went to bed without a whimper.
    他没有任何哀怨地去睡觉了。
23. A small whimper sounded in the back of Legolas'throat, but there was no other sound.
    一声细碎的呻吟被莱格拉斯压抑在喉间，转瞬便又没了声息。
24. He could not possibly have endured a whipping without a moan or a whimper.
    他不可能挨了一顿鞭打而不呻吟或呜咽的。
25. I am geek, hear me whimper!
    我是极客，听我哀诉！
26. Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over.
    对于我不能控制的事情，求你使我不要报怨，发牢骚。
27. I was listening for a cry or a whimper from upstairs.
    我留神听着楼上传来的哭声或呜咽声。
28. But it has always been obvious that when Mourinho left the club, he would leave with a bang and not a whimper.
    但是现在已经明朗的是伴随穆里尼奥离开俱乐部的将是一段剧烈的震荡而不是一片哭泣声。
29. You will no doubt begin to moan, groan and whimper.
    你肯会开始不住的呻吟和啜泣。
30. Not with a bang but a whimper.
    并非一声巨响，而是一阵呜咽。

noun

1. a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way

   Synonym:    whine

verb

1. cry weakly or softly
   1. she wailed with pain

   Synonym:    wailmewlpule