snivel /'smvl; 'snrvj/ vi (GB -II-; US -I-) [VP2A] cry from pretended grief, sorrow or fear; complain in a miserable, whining way; 假哭; 壷泣; 哭訴; 抽泣著抱怨： a harassed woman with six ~ling children. 帶著六個(gè)哭哭啼啼的孩子的苦命女人。 ~ ler (US = ~ er) n person who ~s, 假哭者; 哭訴者。