英 [ˈwɪmpə(r)] 美 [ˈwɪmpər]
v. 呜咽，啜泣；啜泣着说；低声抱怨
n. 呜咽声，啜泣声；牢骚，怨声；微弱的声音；虎头蛇尾
复数whimpers
第三人称单数whimpers
现在分词whimpering
过去式whimpered
过去分词whimpered
whimper /ˈwɪmpə/ [ whimpering whimpered whimpers ]
不及物动词 If someone whimpers, they make quiet unhappy or frightened sounds, as if they are about to start crying. 抽泣; 呜咽
She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain.
她躺在楼梯的下面，痛苦地抽泣。
可数名词 Whimper is also a noun. 抽泣; 呜咽
David's crying subsided to a whimper.
戴维的大声哭叫减弱为抽泣。
... [sip tea]喝茶 啜泣 [sob;whimper] 抽噎;抽抽搭搭地哭 啜菽 [take bean] 以豆为食 啜菽饮水 ...
... ［siptea］喝茶 ［sob;whimper］抽噎;抽抽搭搭地哭 ［takebean］以豆为食 ...
后一篇： 犬声语言-----哀鸣(Whines)和呜咽(Whimpers) 前一篇： 犬声语言----哀嚎(Howling)
... Whimper啜泣；呜咽 tragedy悲剧；悲惨事件 hearten振作；鼓励 ...
If he starts to whimper, I'll just harmonize with him.
如果他开始呜咽，我就给他配和声。
Japan's efforts to tackle these problems have resembled a big whimper.
日本解决这些难题的努力像是一个很大声的啜泣。
He might appear to have died with a bang, but he had long before died with a whimper.
他好像是死于一声枪响，但很早以前，他就已经在一声呜咽中死去了。
Japan has been criticized for pursuing a Big Bang that sometimes seems more like a whimper.
Japan's efforts to tackle these problems have resembled a big whimper (see article).
Why did a phenomenon that began with a bang end with a whimper 300 years later?