資料來源 : pyDict

抱怨,牢騷,哀鳴哭訴,發牢騷,發嗚嗚聲哀訴

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Whine \Whine\, v. t.
   To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way;
   as, to whine out an excuse.

Whine \Whine\, n.
   A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint;
   mean or affected complaint.

Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Whining}.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[=i]nan to make a whistling,
   whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[=i]na, Sw. hvina, Dan.
   hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n,
   hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. {Whinny}, v. i.]
   To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a
   childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress,
   or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain
   or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. ``Whining
   plovers.'' --Spenser.

         The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a
         whining accent, craving liberty.         --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

         Dost thou come here to whine?            --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

whine
     v 1: move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past
          us"
     2: talk in a tearful manner [syn: {snivel}]
     3: complain whiningly [syn: {grizzle}, {yammer}, {yawp}]

whine
     n : a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn: {whimper}]