(n.) A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.
(a.) Whimpering; whining; childish.
伯娜丁整理
双语例句
A while since that sufficed to keep her handsome and cheery, and there she sits now a poor, little, pale, puling chit enough. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
He will sow his wild oats, she would say, and is worth far more than that puling hypocrite of a brother of his. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
This was the man who had been the main instrument in forcing his sister to wed me; well knowing that her heart was given to that puling boy. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Even now, there was only that puling, sickly Pitt Crawley between Rawdon and a baronetcy; and should anything happen to the former, all would be well. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.