英语词汇“linger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lin·ger

(lĭnggər)

intr.v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers

1. To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance: Friends lingered at the picnic tables, chatting. See Synonyms at stay¹.

a. To continue or persist: a smell that lingered in the air; doubts that lingered in my mind.

b. To remain feebly alive for some time before dying.

3. To proceed slowly; saunter: "the careless grace and dignity with which she lingered along the garden path" (Henry James).

4. To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion: We lingered over the question for an hour.

[Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen, to prolong, from Old English lengan; see del-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

linger·er n.

linger·ing·ly adv.

单词	linger
释义	lin·ger (lĭnggər) intr.v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers 1. To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance: Friends lingered at the picnic tables, chatting. See Synonyms at stay¹. 2. a. To continue or persist: a smell that lingered in the air; doubts that lingered in my mind. b. To remain feebly alive for some time before dying. 3. To proceed slowly; saunter: "the careless grace and dignity with which she lingered along the garden path" (Henry James). 4. To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion: We lingered over the question for an hour. [Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen, to prolong, from Old English lengan; see del-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] linger·er n. linger·ing·ly adv.
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