whine
verb /waɪn/
/waɪn/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they whine | /waɪn/ /waɪn/ |
| he / she / it whines | /waɪnz/ /waɪnz/ |
| past simple whined | /waɪnd/ /waɪnd/ |
| past participle whined | /waɪnd/ /waɪnd/ |
| -ing form whining | /ˈwaɪnɪŋ/ /ˈwaɪnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to complain in an annoying, crying voice
哭哭啼啼；哭嚷 - Stop whining!
别哭哭啼啼的！ - + speech ‘I want to go home,’ whined Toby.
“我要回家。” 托比哭嚷道。 - whine that… She whined that she'd been cheated.
她抱怨说她被骗了。
Homophones whine | winewhine wine/waɪn//waɪn/- whine verb
- Don't whine—I'm doing everything I can to help you.
不要发牢骚——我正在尽我所能帮助你。
- Don't whine—I'm doing everything I can to help you.
- whine noun
- The dog let out a long whine.
那只狗发出一声长嚎。
- The dog let out a long whine.
- wine noun
- Would you prefer beer, wine or a soft drink?
你喜欢啤酒、葡萄酒还是软饮料？
- Would you prefer beer, wine or a soft drink?
Synonyms complaincomplainTopics Personal qualitiesc1- protest
- object
- grumble
- moan
- whine
- complain to say that you are annoyed, unhappy or not satisfied about somebody/something:
- I’m going to complain to the manager about this.
我要就这件事向经理投诉。
- I’m going to complain to the manager about this.
- protest to say or do something to show that you disagree with something or think it is bad, especially publicly; to give something as a reason for protesting:
- Students took to the streets to protest against the decision.
学生走上街头抗议这项决定。
- Students took to the streets to protest against the decision.
- object to say that you disagree with something or think it is bad; to give something as a reason for objecting:
- If nobody objects, we’ll postpone the meeting till next week.
如果没有人反对，我们就把会议推迟到下周。 - He objected that the police had arrested him without sufficient evidence.
他抗辩说警察没有充分证据就逮捕了他。
- If nobody objects, we’ll postpone the meeting till next week.
- grumble (rather informal, disapproving) to complain about somebody/something, especially something that is not really very serious:
- They kept grumbling that they were cold.
他们不停地嘟囔着说冷。
- They kept grumbling that they were cold.
- moan (British English, rather informal, disapproving) to complain about somebody/something in an annoying way:
- What are you moaning about now?
你在嘟囔些什么？
- What are you moaning about now?
- whine (rather informal, disapproving) to complain in an annoying, crying voice:
- Stop whining!
别哭哭啼啼的！ - ‘I want to go home,’ whined Toby.
“我要回家。”托比哼哼唧唧地说。
- Stop whining!
- to complain/protest/grumble/moan/whine about something
- to complain/protest/grumble/moan at something
- to complain/protest/object/grumble/moan/whine to somebody
- to complain/protest/object/grumble/moan/whine that…
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- softly
- loudly
- away
- …
- Stop whining!
- [intransitive] to make a long, high, unpleasant sound because you are in pain or unhappy
哀鸣；惨叫 - The dog whined and scratched at the door.
那狗嗷嗷地叫着抓门。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- softly
- loudly
- away
- …
- The dog whined and scratched at the door.
- [intransitive] (of a machine
机器 嘎嘎响；嗖嗖响；嘎吱嘎吱响 - The engines whined softly in the background.
发动机在背后发出轻微的嘎嘎声。 - Inside, the air-conditioning whined in an annoying way.
里面，空调发出烦人的呜呜声。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- softly
- loudly
- away
- …
- The engines whined softly in the background.
词源Old English hwīnan ‘whistle through the air’, related to whinge. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.