V2EX whimper

Whimper

发音 Pronunciation

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释义 Definition

动词/名词。指发出低声的呜咽、哀鸣,通常因为疼痛、恐惧或悲伤而发出的微弱哭声。也可以比喻事物以微弱、令人失望的方式结束。

例句 Examples

The puppy began to whimper when it was left alone in the room.
小狗被独自留在房间里时开始低声呜咽。

She tried to hold back her tears, but a faint whimper escaped her lips as she read the last page of the letter.
她努力忍住眼泪,但当她读到信的最后一页时,一声微弱的呜咽还是从她唇边溢出。

词源 Etymology

该词源于16世纪的英语,可能与中古英语中的拟声词有关,模仿低沉、断断续续的哭泣声。与德语 wimmern(呜咽、哀鸣)同源,均属于日耳曼语族的拟声构词。英语诗人T.S.艾略特在《空心人》中写下的名句 "Not with a bang but a whimper" 使这个词获得了深远的文学意义,用以比喻事物悄无声息地、令人失望地终结。

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文学作品引用 Literary References

  • T.S. Eliot 的诗作 The Hollow Men(《空心人》)中有著名结尾:"This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper."(世界就这样终结/不是轰然一声,而是一声呜咽。)
  • Charlotte Bront 的 Jane Eyre(《简爱》)中多次使用该词描写角色在痛苦中发出的低声哭泣。
  • Cormac McCarthy 的 The Road(《路》)中用该词刻画末世背景下人物的脆弱与无助。
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