English Dictionary

whine

IPA（発音記号）

/waɪn/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(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.

日本語の意味

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

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

夜遅く、母親が戻るまで子どもが甲高く泣き始めた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.

意味（2）

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

The jet engines whined at take off.

意味（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; […]

意味（4）

(intransitive) To move with a whining sound.

The jet whined into the air.

意味（5）

(transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.

The child whined all his complaints.

whines （ present singular third-person ）

whining （ participle present ）

whined （ participle past ）

whined （ past ）

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en-conj （ inflection-template ）

whine （ infinitive ）