The sergeant was whining about how hard he had been forced to work recently.
那警官在抱怨最近工作有多辛苦。
2CSOUND[intransitiveI] to make a long high sound because you are in pain or unhappy 〔因痛楚或不愉快而〕悲鸣,哀叫
He could hear the dog whining behind the door.
他听见狗在门后呜咽。
3.CSOUND[intransitiveI] if a machine whines, it makes a continuous high sound 〔机器〕嘎嘎响
—whine noun [countableC]
The baby’s howl turned to a high-pitched whine.
宝宝的嚎哭变成了尖声的哀叫。
the whine of a vacuum cleaner
吸尘器的嗡嗡声
Examples from the Corpus
whine• "What did you do that for?" he whined.• The vansped into the MarbleArchroundabout with tyreswhining.• You're ugly enough without starting to whine.• He's always whining about how much everything costs.• Gaspedal to the floor, we backed up with the enginewhining and the chassisshaking.• We get together, start whining, and then we go on strike.• The only human notes in the dull and humorless whining are cigarettereferences.• And that part of my mind seemed to whine faintly and go very cold and still.• The dog's whining for food.• He did the same, now making occasionalsoftwhininggrunts.• For heaven's sake stop whining. Nobody has touched your precious records.• Stop whining, or you won't get any candy.• She was whining to him about how Eyas Securities had played this awfultrick on her, how embarrassing it all was.
whine about• I have to listen her whine all day about her boyfriend.
Originwhine
Old Englishhwinan“to move through the air with a loud sound”