| 词汇 | snivel |
| 释义 | snivel verb[ I ] uk /ˈsnɪv.əl/ us /ˈsnɪv.əl/-ll- or US usually-l- to cry slightly in a way that is weak and does not make other people feel sympathy for you: 哭鼻子，抽噎 He's sitting in his bedroom snivelling because he was told off for not doing his homework.他坐在卧室里哭鼻子，因为他没有完成作业挨了批评。 to cry cryShe skinned her knee and began to cry. weepMy lady, why do you weep? cry your eyes outOur children cried their eyes out when our dog ran way. sob your heart outShe waved goodbye to her parents, then went to the gate and sobbed her heart out. cry bucketsEvery time I watch that film, I just cry buckets at the ending. bawlI bawled when I found out I didn't win the prize. Weeping and crying bawl blubber boohoo break down bucket burst out laughing/cryingidiom close to tears eye-watering grizzle have a sookidiom lachrymose lachrymosely mewl tear something up tear-stained tear-streaked teardrop tearful tearfully waterworks Examples of snivelsnivel Their questioning reduced her to tears at one stage and an inspector told her to stop snivelling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he did that he would be told promptly and probably profanely to stop snivelling and do some work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At this late hour we should be spared such petty, snivelling interventions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Snivelling comments about it will get us nowhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, in truth, a miserable, snivelling little amendment that has no valid reason behind it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We snivel, but we do nothing. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English A medic will usually carry a small amount of what are referred to as snivel or sick call meds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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