whine
/wʌɪn/
US pronunciation
American sound/wʌɪn/
whine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> whine
Myanmar meaning
ခွေးအူသကဲ့သို့ ရှည်လျားစွာ ငြီးငြူတမ်းတခြင်း။ အလားတူ ရှည်လျားစူးရှသည့် အသံ။ ရန်ဖြစ်သံ ၊ ငြီးငြူတိုင်တမ်းသံ။ ငြီးငြူတမ်းတသည်။
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(က) (နားမခံသာဖွယ်) ရှည်လျားစူးရှသော မြည်သံ။ the steady whine of a mechanical saw.
(ခ) ကလေးအီသံ။ ခွေးနာ ညည်းသံ။
(ဂ) ညည်းညူသံ။ speak in a high, nasal whine.
v
၁။ ယင်းသို့သော အသံမြည်သည်။ a whining voice ❍ In the background, a drill whined. ❍ The dog sat outside the door whining (to be let in).
၂။ (derog ) ခိုညည်းသလို ညည်းသည်။ ချူသံပါအောင် ညည်းသည်။ Do stop whining! ❍ What is that child whining about now? ❍ ‘I want to go home,’ he whined.
More examples
- ‘Despite Tim's whines and complaints, his grandfather remained firm and decided upon his choice.’
- ‘This really ticked off Lisa and she turned around without saying anything else except for a groan or a whine or a sigh every once in a while.’
- ‘At that, she let out a whine and whispery high-pitched pleas for his release over her.’
- ‘There is nothing like having a boy to fish with, especially one who never whines or complains and who always seems to be in a good humor.’
- ‘The singer whines and groans his way through every song.’
- ‘You have to squeak it in a shrill whine, which says all that you need to know about the man himself.’
- ‘He's jealous and insecure, wants to hear from her everyday, whines and moans when she calls, pummelling her with classic passive aggression.’
- ‘She croaks, squeaks, howls, and whines her way through the role, nearly always off-key and most horrid.’
- ‘The wolf's ears deflated, the look on his face quickly taking a run for depression, a lamenting whine emitting from his throat.’
- ‘He asked me, his voice a slightly high-pitched whine, as though he had never progressed from childhood.’
- ‘You can bitch and whine all you want, it's no use.’
- ‘Often it is unknowing, as when a dog is left alone at home and whines and whimpers for attention.’
- ‘All this time, Brooks moans and whines, but he is inspired without hardly realizing it.’
- ‘While in captivity, they are very vocal, uttering high-pitched whines and howls, rasping growls.’
- ‘He begins speaking in a high-pitched whine and uses effeminate hand gestures.’
- ‘They communicate by stamping their forepaws, chattering their teeth, and emitting a variety of whimpers, whines, hisses, and other vocalizations.’
- ‘His unique style of whoops, and yells became his trademark.’
- ‘I feel like I must suck as a mother because some days it seems that all he does is whine and moan and complain.’
- ‘If you're getting a high-pitched whine rather than a hum your hard drive may be the culprit.’
- ‘A precise sound, it gained coherence and Padlin realized he was not hearing a whine or a howl or a growl but a phrase.’
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