| 释义 |
fainted, ppl. a.|ˈfeɪntɪd|
[f. faint v. + -ed1.]
†a. Rendered cowardly or timid.
†b. Become weak or exhausted.
c. Fallen into a swoon (rare).
c1500Melusine 140 By one only Cowarde & feynted herte is sometyme lefte & loste al a hoole werke. a1533Ld. Berners Huon liii. 180 A! false faynted hert. 1614Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. 124 Why doth none of his gallant nobles revive the faynted courage of their Lorde with a new cuppe? 1642Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 296 So reviving to the fainted Common-wealth. 1847Fraser's Mag. XXXVI. 32 There she lies, not fainted..but like a somnambule. |