whine
n
(usu sing 通常作單數)
(a) long high-pitched complaining cry, esp one made by a dog or child 長而高音的哭聲或叫聲(尤指狗或兒童發出的).
(b) similar high-pitched (esp irritating) sound made by a siren, motor-cycle engine, etc (警笛、 摩托車發動機等發出的)長而高音的響聲(尤指煩人的)
the steady whine of a mechanical saw 機械鋸發出的吱吱的聲音. whine, v
1 [I, It] make a whine 發出長而高音的嗚咽聲或其他響聲
a whining voice 嗚咽的聲音
The dog sat outside the door whining (to be let in). 那條狗坐在門外狺狺叫著(要進來).
2
(a) [I, Ipr] (derog 貶) complain, esp about trivial things 抱怨, 埋怨(尤指為瑣事)
Do stop whining! 別再埋怨了!
What is that child whining about now? 那個孩子現在又抱怨什麼呢?
(b) [Tn] (derog貶) say (sth) in a pleading or complaining voice 以哀求的或抱怨的聲音說(某事)
`I want to go home,' he whined.`我要回家,'他哀求著說. whiner n animal or person that whines 發出嗚咽聲的動物或人.