whimper

英語

詞源

源自方言詞whimp (「慘叫」) +‎ -er (反覆態後綴)。對比德語 wimmern (「抽泣」)。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈwɪmpə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɪmpə(ɹ)/

• （美國）音頻：

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• 韻部：-ɪmpə(ɹ)

名詞

whimper (複數 whimpers)

1. 嗚咽聲

動詞

whimper (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 whimpers，現在分詞 whimpering，一般過去時及過去分詞 whimpered)

1. 抽泣，啜泣

   The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.

   我們離開房間以後，孤獨的小狗狗開始抽泣起來。

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2. 泣不成聲；哀聲
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3. 嗚咽、哭泣着說

   “Master, please don’t punish me!” he whimpered.

   「主人，不要懲罰我！」他嗚咽道。

   • 2019年5月12日, Alex McLevy, 「Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)」, 出自 The A.V. Club‎^[1]:

     Stripped of all bravado, Cersei breaks, and shows the very scared, vulnerable woman who has kept her emotions at bay. “I don’t want to die,” she whimpers, “Not like this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.

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近義詞

• 參見Thesaurus:weep

衍生詞彙

• whimperative