English Dictionary

snivel

/ˈsnɪvəl/

verb

(intransitive) To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucus. / (derogatory, intransitive) To cry while sniffling; to whine or complain while crying.

She began to snivel when she heard the bad news.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucus.

With hollow, yellow teeth (or none perhaps)

With stinking breath, swart-cheeks, and hanging chaps;

With wrinkled neck; and stooping as she goes,

With hollow, yellow teeth (or none perhaps) With stinking breath, swart-cheeks, and hanging chaps; With wrinkled neck; and stooping as she goes, With driveling mouth, and with a sniveling nose.

意味（2）

(derogatory, intransitive) To cry while sniffling; to whine or complain while crying.

Let things come to the Worst; when we have Overturned the Government;—Polluted the very Altar, with our MASTERS BLOOD—Cheated the Publick, &c. ’Tis but to Whine and Snivel to the People; tell them we were mis-led, by Cardinall Appetites;

意味（3）

(derogatory, transitive) To say (something) while sniffling or crying.

This by-dialogue prevented my hearing what passed between the prisoner and Captain Thornton; but I heard the former snivel out, in a very subdued tone, “And ye’ll ask her to gang nae farther than just to show ye where the MacGregor is?—Ohon! ohon!”