单词 | whine |
释义 | whinen. 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. 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). < n.1633v.c1275 |
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