| 释义 |
whimperer|ˈhwɪmpərə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
One who whimpers.
1737Ozell Rabelais ii. vii. 66 note, Marmiteux, a Whimperer. a1739Jarvis Don Quix. i. i. (1742) I. 3 No finical gentleman, nor such a whimperer as his brother. 1841Emerson Ess. Ser. i. ii. 75 We are become timorous, desponding whimperers. 1863Holme Lee A. Warleigh III. 241 When her wee whimperer would allow any voice but his own to be heard. |