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单词 whine
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whinen.

Brit. /wʌɪn/, U.S. /(h)waɪn/
Etymology: < whine v.
An act of whining; a low somewhat shrill protracted cry, usually expressive of pain or distress; a suppressed nasal tone, as of feeble, mean, or undignified complaint; a complaint uttered in this tone. Also transferred a sound resembling this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > howl or whine
pime?a1500
whinge?a1513
yowl?a1513
whrine1513
howla1616
whine1633
whimper1810
whinner1840
wow1862
ki-yi1884
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > whine
whiningc1440
whinge?a1513
whine1633
cant1640
whindle1647
whindling1648
whinging1720
beggar-whine1796
wheak1828
caterwaulinga1861
twine1876
whininess1934
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying
whiningc1440
whinge?a1513
whimperingc1522
puling?1529
whewling1609
whine1633
whindle1647
whindling1648
pipation1656
whimper1699
whinging1720
pule1812
whinner1840
mewl1857
whinneringa1871
whimp1925
whininess1934
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint > peevish or querulous
whinge?a1513
whine1633
whinging1720
grizzle1900
bleat1916
bellyache1930
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > sound
shrill1591
shrilling1639
scriding?1690
skirling1820
whit1853
squeal1867
blat1904
whee1920
whine1928
blatting1935
1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs i. xxii. 6 in Purple Island The whistling windes joyn'd with the seas to plain, And o're his boat in whines lamenting creep.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 533 By a few demure Looks, and affected Whines, set off with some odd, devotional Postures and Grimaces.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 133. ⁋2 The whine of condolance, or the growl of anger.
1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. Introd. 175 With dejected look and whine, To leave the hearth his dogs repine.
1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. i. 17 A peevish whine in his voice like a beaten schoolboy.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxix. 244 The low whine which the ice gives out when we cut it at right angles with a sharp knife.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 623 The child utters a short cry or whine.
1928 E. Wallace Double xx. 295 They heard the whine of a car draw up on the ground below.
1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 143 The air pulsed with..the whine and clang of the saw.
1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 127/2 Other noises of which our drivers complained were rear axle whine in all the cars.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

whinev.

Brit. /wʌɪn/, U.S. /(h)waɪn/
Forms: Old English hwinan, Middle English–1600s whyne, Middle English–1500s wyne, 1500s Scottish quhyn, (1600s wheen), 1700s wine, Middle English– whine.
Etymology: Old English hwínan (only in Wídsíð 128, of the whizzing of an arrow) = Old Norse hvína (Swedish hvina , Danish hvine ) to whiz, whistle in the air; the weak grade of the stem is represented in Old Norse hvinr whiz, late Old English hwinsian (of dogs) to whine (see whinge v.).
1. intransitive. To utter a low somewhat shrill protracted sound or cry, usually expressive of pain or distress; to cry in a subdued plaintive tone: also occasionally merely referring to the tone.
a. of persons.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > whine
whingea1150
whinec1275
gowlc1300
hoinec1440
fipple?1507
yearn1582
pitter1672
whindle1709
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > cry feebly or plaintively
whingea1150
whinec1275
plaina1425
fipple?1507
whimper1513
mewla1530
pulea1535
whimp1549
whewla1560
simper1613
whindle1709
grizzle1842
squinny1847
wimick1850
mizzlea1935
c1275 Sinners Beware 310 in Old Eng. Misc. 82 For chele hy gunne hwyne. For hunger hi hedde pyne.
a1400 in Rel. Ant. 2 245 Ich rede tha come nou to me, anaunter last ha whyne.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHHiiiv Nat chauntyng nor brekyng your notes, nor whynyng in the nose, as many woman done.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xiiii. sig. H.iii Yet can this peuishe Gyrle neuer cease whining and puling for feare.
c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 54 Scho quhyns, Scho schrinks, Scho vreyis, Scho vips for vo.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 101 Whip him..Till like a Boy you see him crindge his face, And whine aloud for mercy. View more context for this quotation
1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 45 If a Man should make love in an ordinary Tone, his Mistress would not regard him; and therefore he must whine.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew To Whine, to cry squeekingly, as at Conventicles.
1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. xiii. 18 The Boy, thus, when his Sparrow's flown..Whines, whimpers, sobs and cries.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. xiii. 224 The crowd of beggars..whining for alms.
1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. viii. 108 You can't go, Amy; so don't be a baby, and whine about it.
b. of animals, esp. dogs; also formerly, to whinny as a horse, or to cry as an otter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > howl or whine
theotenc888
yowla1225
gowlc1300
whinec1330
howl1390
yawlc1400
whrine?1507
whewla1560
whinge1562
waw1570
whimper1575
wail1595
ululate1623
wow1806
wowla1825
towl1906
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > whine or whimper
whinec1330
whimper1575
whicker1753
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [verb (intransitive)] > whinny
whinec1330
hinnyc1400
plainc1450
whinny1530
neicherc1550
whicker1753
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [verb (intransitive)] > miscellaneous actions of otter
whine1575
vent1590
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1336 Þe helmes þai seyen briȝt schine, Þe stedes nyen, and togider whine.
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 386 As an hors I koude byte and whyne [v.r. whine].
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 481 He..scrapid the dorr welplich, & wynyd with his mowith, Aftir a doggis lyden.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 92 I saide I was also hongry, thenne wente we..and fond nothyng, tho whyned he and cryted.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 238 An Otter whineth.
1577 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Gaskoigne xxix The horse..will neither winch nor whine.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 2 Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd..Thrice, and once the Hedge-Pigge whin'd.
1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 118 Let each Lash Bite to the Quick, 'till howling he return And whining creep amid the trembling Crowd.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. xiii. 14 Perchance my dog will whine in vain, Till fed by stranger hands.
1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 272 Occasionally a scoundrel wolf would scour off..and..sit down and howl and whine.
c. transferred of inanimate objects.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > make shrill sound
yellOE
pipec1275
treblec1425
shrillc1440
squail1526
squeal1600
skirl1827
blat1846
whine1874
whit1899
zing1899
whee1960
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > mournful or plaintive [verb (intransitive)] > howl, wail, or whine
yella1470
hurl1530
howl1687
gowl1724
twine1805
whine1874
bloop1926
1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse xviii. 52 Till the old chimney howled and whined.
1885 Ld. Tennyson Balin & Balan 341 The canker'd boughs..Whined in the wood.
1901 Munsey's Mag. 24 555/1 The bullets..whined through the air.
1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 140/1 Engine always whined when started from cold.
1972 Daily Tel. 16 May 9 Two minutes after the jet engines whine to a standstill she walked slowly down the special lateral gangplank.
1974 S. Middleton Holiday iv. 42 Lawn-mowers whined.
2. To utter complaints in a low querulous tone; to complain in a feeble, mean, or undignified way.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] > peevishly or querulously
whingea1150
girnc1440
whine1530
whimper1549
hone1621
peenge1791
nyaff1808
bellyache1889
1530 Bible (Tyndale) Num. xi. f. xxiijv Ye haue whyned in the eares of the Lorde saynge: who shall geue vs flesh to eate?
1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau ii. iv. sig. D.j See and the knaue be not for his dinner whining.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 29 Since Life is but as a Game at Tables, if the fore-game be not to thy wish; neither whine nor Curse, but rowse thy care to an after-Game.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1769 I. 329 [Johnson:] A man knows it [sc. death] must be so, and submits. It will do him no good to whine.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1756 I. 171 [Johnson:] I know not why any one but a school-boy in his declamation should whine over the Common-wealth of Rome.
1880 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor (ed. 3) III. xxiv. 238 He had whined and begged for liberty.
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed x. 203 I won't whine when my punishment comes.
3. transitive.
a. To cause to pass away by whining; to waste in whining.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (transitive)] > waste in whining
whinea1616
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > whine > whine away
whinea1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 100 At his Nurses teares He whin'd and roar'd away your Victory. View more context for this quotation
1656 F. Osborne Advice to Son (ed. 4) iii. 100 That Taylor, reported to have whin'd away himselfe for the love of Queen Elizabeth.
b. To utter in a whining tone.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > whine
pule1535
whine1698
sough1816
mewl1819
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 282 At the Reading the Epistle and Gospel, they change their Cope, Mantle, and Hood, and Whine them forth.
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) i. ccxxiv. 13 To sigh, and weep, and whine Out long complaints.
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 241 Canting and whining out all day the word.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxx. 307 ‘If one is to go on living through continual scenes like this,’ she whined.
1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am iii Tomorrow morning he will be whining his recantation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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