| 单词 | whine |
| 释义 | whine I. intransitive verb 1. a. < hearing the dog whine at the door > < tossing and turning, the child whines in its sleep > b. < the saws buzz and whine — American Guide Series: Maine > < sirens whined loud and clear — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > < car starters whine and trucks … rattle out — Marjory S. Douglas > c. < mosquitoes whined through the dark — Josephine Johnson > < the bullet whined over the heads of the boys — S.H.Holbrook > < a taxi whined through the streets — Walter Sorell & Denver Lindley > < the wind … whined and moaned through the rigging — Kenneth Roberts > 2. < is not a man to whine and complain; he has too much spirit — Jane Austen > < whine about … her troubles — E.A.Weeks > < the counteraction of the doctrine of love when that pules and whines — R.W.Emerson > transitive verb < the prisoner whines his innocence > < whine the song in nasal tones > < whine their troubles to the world > II. 1. a. < weak, premature babies will cry with a low feeble whine … like the mewing of a cat — Morris Fishbein > < the strange uncontrollable whine of a man weeping — Graham Greene > — compare whimper b. < the whine of the wind and the hiss of the sleety snow — F.V.W.Mason > < the whine of the saw biting into a log — American Guide Series: Arkansas > < the whine and whistle of bombs — Peter Ustinov > < the high-pitched whine of the engines — London Calling > < the whine of the Hawaiian boy's guitar — Frances McFadden > 2. < wearied by the unremitting whine of her special pleading — Dwight MacDonald > < if your letter is a gripe or whine, it will be brushed off — H.D.Scott > < the self-pitying whine of most contemporary fiction — Selden Rodman > |
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