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单词 whinge
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
whinge  (hwinj, winj),USA pronunciation v.i., whinged, whing•ing. [Brit. and Australian Informal.]
  1. British Termsto complain;
    whine.
  • bef. 1150; dialect, dialectal (Scots, north, northern England), earlier Scots quhynge, Old English hwinsian (not recorded in Middle English); cognate with Old High German winsōn (German winseln); derivative of Gmc base of whine
whinger, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
whinge /wɪndʒ/ informal vb (whinges, whingeing, whinged)(intransitive)
  1. to cry in a fretful way
  2. to complain
n
  1. a complaint
Etymology: from a Northern variant of Old English hwinsian to whine; related to Old High German winsan, winisan, whence Middle High German winsen

ˈwhingeing n , adj ˈwhinger n
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