whine

IPA(Pronunciation)

/waɪn/

Verb

intransitive transitive

(intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry. / (intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry. / (intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.

Japanese Meaning

高い声で鳴く、またはそのような音を出す / 高い音に似た鳴き声を発する / 不平をこぼす、文句を言う

What is this buttons?

Late at night, the child began to whine until his mother returned.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

夜遅く、母親が戻るまで子どもが甲高く泣き始めた。

Details

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.

The jet engines whined at take off.

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Details

Sense（3）

(intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.

[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]

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