whimper

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++whim·per /ˈwɪmpə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  CRYto make low crying sounds, or to speak in this way 呜咽，啜泣；抽噎地说 He heard the dog whimper. 他听到狗在呜咽。 ‘It’s not my fault, ’ she whimpered. “这不是我的错。”她抽泣着说。► see thesaurus at cry —whimper noun [countable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

whimper• And then Hilda started to whimper.• The minute I unleashed him, he suddenly wasn't so brave, whimpering and running in the other direction.• This may sound like petty whimpering, but intrusions upon the exercise of lawful freedom is no small matter.• ""I'm sorry, '' she whimpered, but Richard wasn't listening.• I found the puppy whimpering next to the front door.• The switchblade fell from his hand as he sagged to the ground, whimpering softly, his hands clutched between his legs.• Oliver gave a small, whimpering sound, but he didn't cry.• Pat whimpered with the pain of the bullet wound in his shoulder.Origin whimper (1500-1600) From the sound

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low in to Corpus make crying or to speak sounds,

whimper
whim‧per /ˈwɪmpə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive and transitive]to make low crying sounds, or to speak in this way:
    He heard the dog whimper.
    ‘It’s not my fault,’ she whimpered.
—whimper noun [countable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ cry to produce tears from your eyes: Don’t cry – everything will be all right! | Men aren’t supposed to cry.
   ▪ cry your eyes out especially spoken to cry a lot and for a long time: I cried my eyes out when I watched ‘Titanic’.
   ▪ be in tears to be crying: By the end of his story, we were all in tears.
   ▪ be close to tears to be almost crying: You could see that she was close to tears.
   ▪ weep literary to cry, especially for a long time: His mother put her head on the table and wept.
   ▪ sob to cry, taking sudden loud breaths: I could hear someone sobbing in the next room.
   ▪ wail /weɪl/ to cry very loudly in a high voice: The baby started wailing for its mother.
   ▪ whimper /ˈwɪmpə $ -ər/ to cry quietly and weakly: She began rocking to and fro, whimpering softly.
   ▪ hold/fight back the tears to make a big effort not to cry: She told her story, struggling to hold back the tears.
   ▪ your eyes water if your eyes water, they have tears in them, for example because of smoke, wind, or when you are cutting onions: The onions were making my eyes water.