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whinge

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++whinge /wɪndʒ/ verb (present participle whingeing or whinging) [intransitive]  British EnglishCOMPLAIN to keep complaining in an annoying way 唠叨;嘀咕whinge about Stop whingeing about the situation and accept it. 别再嘟嘟囔囔抱怨自己的处境了,接受吧。whinge noun [countable] His tale is one long whinge about his own suffering. 他的故事是对自己遭遇的长篇诉说。whinger noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
whingeHe's always whinging about being underpaid.Are girls encouraged to whinge and cry instead of getting angry?Shearer, a tough nut not inclined to whinge, said his ankle was like a pudding.Nick was a pain in the neck. He did nothing but whinge the whole trip.He thought he'd like to see her again as long as she didn't whinge too much about sexism.
whinge verbChinese
to keep annoying Corpus an way complaining in


whinge
whinge /wɪndʒ/ verb (present participle whingeing or whinging) [intransitive]
British English to keep complaining in an annoying way
    whinge about
    Stop whingeing about the situation and accept it.
—whinge noun [countable]:
    His tale is one long whinge about his own suffering.
—whinger noun [countable]


whingeBrE /wɪndʒ/ 🔊NAmE /wɪndʒ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they whinge BrE /wɪndʒ/ 🔊 NAmE /wɪndʒ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it whinges BrE /ˈwɪndʒɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwɪndʒɪz/ 🔊past simple whinged BrE /wɪndʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /wɪndʒd/ 🔊past participle whinged BrE /wɪndʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /wɪndʒd/ 🔊 -ing form whingeing BrE /ˈwɪndʒɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwɪndʒɪŋ/ 🔊 -ing form whinging BrE /ˈwɪndʒɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwɪndʒɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] ~ (about sb/sth) (BrE, informal, disapproving) to complain in an annoying way 絮絮叨叨地抱怨She's always whingeing about how unfair everything is. 她总是嘟囔着说一切都太不公平了。🔊🔊 whinge noun whin·ger BrE /ˈwɪndʒə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɪndʒər/ 🔊 noun