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单词 peenge
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peengev.

Brit. /piːn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /pindʒ/, Scottish English /pin(d)ʒ/
Forms: Scottish 1700s– peenge, 1800s peinge, 1800s– pinge; English regional (northern) 1800s– peenge, 1800s– peenje, 1800s– pinge; also Irish English (northern) 1900s– pinge.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: whinge v.
Etymology: Probably an imitative alteration of whinge v., after peek v.2, peep v.2, etc. Compare earlier peenging adj.
Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).
intransitive. To whine, complain in a whining voice; to mope, fret.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] > peevishly or querulously
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1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 377 The unhappy ne'er shall peenge to me in vain.
1836 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders III. 54 Sir William has had twa or three apoplectic strokes and his leddy is aye pinging.
1886 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends (1889) 109 Pingin' an' grumblin' because they haena been born wi' a siller spune in their mooths.
1932 R. L. Cassie Sangs 25 We pauchle on, we peenge an' pine For want o' wordies wee.
1942 Scots Mag. July 275 [He] ping't an' girn't fae morn to nicht.
1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 14 Take the concept of complaining, an activity at which Scots excel. Complain can be translated as compleen, murn,..peenge, pewl, peek.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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