whimpers

n.

啜泣声，呜咽声( whimper的名词复数 )；啜泣者；

v.

（微弱或惊恐地）啜泣，呜咽( whimper的第三人称单数 )；啜泣或呜咽着说；

1. I am listening for a cry or a whimper from upstairs .
   我留神听着楼上传来的哭声或呜咽声。
2. He could not possibly have endured a whipping without a whimper.
   他不可能一声不吭地忍受鞭打。
3. The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.
   这只动物低声哀叫，令人怜悯。
4. She always starts off with a bang but ends with a whimper.
   她做事总是虎头蛇尾的。

1. And if he starts to whimper, I'll just harmonize with him.
   如果他开始呜咽，我就逗他。
2. The condemned prisoner cowered and began to whimper for clemency.
   那个被判罪的囚犯抖缩着并开始抽泣请求宽恕。
3. The child was lost and began to whimper.
   那孩子迷了路，抽抽搭搭地哭起来。
4. Some whimper along life'way.
   有些人在嗟怨中生活。

Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks
Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks
Of Big Bangs and Little Whimpers
Whimpers and bangs: of death and dying in the nervous system.
Communication with a BANG (and Few Whimpers)
Cries and Whimpers: Thoughts on West European-American Relations in the 1980s
UK dividend growth 'whimpers' as FTSE giants struggle with sterling strength
Not With A Bang: The First Wave of Science 2.0 Slowly Whimpers to an End
Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks: Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes. by John Earman
Evolutionary Bangs and Whimpers: Methodological Advances and Conceptual Frameworks for Studying Exceptional Diversification