| 单词 | faint |
| 释义 | faint (feɪnt ) Word forms: fainter , faintest , faints , fainting , fainted 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 A faint sound, colour, mark, feeling, or quality has very little strength or intensity. He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping. The room held the faint, sweet odour of pipe tobacco. He could see faint lines in her face. There was still the faint hope deep within him that she might never need to know. Synonyms: dim, low, light, soft faintly adverb [usually ADVERB after verb, oft ADVERB adjective] B2 He was already asleep in the bed, which smelled faintly of mildew. She felt faintly ridiculous. Synonyms: softly, weakly, feebly, in a whisper Synonyms: slightly, rather, a little, somewhat 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 A faint attempt at something is one that is made without proper effort and with little enthusiasm. Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh. A faint smile crossed the Monsignor's face and faded quickly. Ten years ago today the U.S. Center for Disease Control published the first faint warnings of a worldwide epidemic. Synonyms: slight, weak, feeble, unenthusiastic faintly adverb [ADVERB after verb] B2 John smiled faintly and shook his head. Synonyms: softly, weakly, feebly, in a whisper 3. verb B2 If you faint, you lose consciousness for a short time, especially because you are hungry, or because of pain, heat, or shock. She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted. [VERB] I thought he'd faint when I kissed him. [VERB] Synonyms: pass out, black out, lose consciousness, keel over [informal] Faint is also a noun. She slumped to the ground in a faint. 4. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] Someone who is faint feels weak and unsteady as if they are about to lose consciousness. Other signs of angina are nausea, sweating, feeling faint and shortness of breath. Synonyms: dizzy, giddy, light-headed, vertiginous faintness uncountable noun One patient suffered headaches, nausea, and faintness. Synonyms: weakness, dizziness, dimness, languor Idioms: damn with faint praise to say something about someone which sounds nice but which shows that you do not really have a high opinion of them In recent months he has consistently damned the government with faint praise, but earlier this week he issued an appeal for continuity. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: faint glimmer I spent two weeks boring everyone at work with this faint glimmer of hope. The Sun For commercial radio there may even be a faint glimmer of hope. Times, Sunday Times But this was the decade of perestroika, glasnost and the faint glimmer of dawn. Times, Sunday Times The year started with a faint glimmer of hope that restructuring efforts might finally be paying-off. Times, Sunday Times Agents on the ground, too, are beginning to see a faint glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. Times, Sunday Times That faint glow in the night sky the possibility of a nearby town, of arrival and encounter, and the end of private dreaming. Times, Sunday Times It was long, narrow and dark, illuminated only by the moon and by a faint glow coming from the porch lights. Times, Sunday Times Even a faint glow causes changes in the brain linked to feeling low. The Sun They were interested in a faint glow in the night sky known as airglow. Times, Sunday Times However, he tripped and dropped his torch, and the flame was put out, except for a faint glow. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A vet thought she was dead, but discovered a faint heartbeat. Times, Sunday Times They were floppy and blue, with a faint heartbeat. Times, Sunday Times A defibrillator finally sparked a faint heartbeat. The Sun It's a classic narcissistic trait to have a bulletproof belief in your own abilities, and to react horribly at the faintest hint of criticism. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The land was still flat here, only the faintest hint of hills on the horizon. DOLL'S EYES (2002) With a fair complexion such as yours, you need only the faintest hint of colour in a pencil. Times, Sunday Times (2009) There was the faintest hint of a smile on his face. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Lirael hugged it close to her chest for a moment, a faint hope breaking through her weariness. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2002) And the one faint hope that soothed his troubled dreams was one he dared not cherish in his hours of waking. THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN (2002) It is a faint hope. Times, Sunday Times (2016) For the first time, all the European nations can look at these fixtures not with faint hope but with proper expectation. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There was one faint hope that they would see the light. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Only the faint hum of our metal detector broke the silence as we swept around the base of the 290ft-high turbine. The Sun There's a faint hum to suggest that explosions are happening under the bonnet, and there's a rustle of tyre noise. Times, Sunday Times It varies in volume from a faint hum to a sound resembling a distant mowing machine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the video call she stands up and gently lowers the side of her jeans to show me the faint line that remains. Times,Sunday Times The faint line of the finishing tape stood ahead as a haven of peace after the struggle. Times, Sunday Times The corner ornaments are filled, and a faint line follows the outside of the design and encloses it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have a dark cap with pale streaks, a faint line over the eye and a short thin bill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have a faint line over their eyes and a faint broken eye ring. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These faint memory traces constitute the ideas with which we think about or represent the world we experience. The Times Literary Supplement His aides are already looking ahead to his 2012 re-election campaign, when these heady post-inaugural days will probably be a faint memory. Times, Sunday Times Birdies were now bogeys, pars became double bogeys and his first-day eagle on the 17th hole, which he bogeyed yesterday, was a faint memory. Times, Sunday Times Several weeks later, long after the points of my sermon were but faint memories (if that), people were still talking about the great worship times during that weekend. Christianity Today I seriously doubt that we would alter our profligate ways once the romantic aura of chats by candlelight have become faint memories. Globe and Mail Yet at the back where the altar had been there was still the faint outline of a cross to be seen. Christianity Today By autumn, just the faint outline of the grandstand remained. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His moon-like face, the faint outlines of craters provided by rimless specs, was arranged in a pose of indifferent serenity. Times, Sunday Times Faint outlines of the runways can be seen in aerial photography. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At first the medic thought he could feel a faint pulse, but it was wishful thinking. Times, Sunday Times Medics were preparing to put him into a body bag when one of them found a faint pulse. The Sun But as they prepared to place his body in a bag, one of the medical staff noticed a faint pulse. Times, Sunday Times She was hooked to a defibrillator and whisked to hospital — where finally a faint pulse was detected. The Sun At the faintest pulse of interest, he'd call administrative assistants, getting to know several by name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A faint scent of smoke seeps in through an open window. Times, Sunday Times A faint scent of mint fills the air. Smithsonian Mag There was the faint scent of him when he left. Times, Sunday Times Snowdrops have a faint scent of honey, and can provide succour for bees that have come early out of hibernation. Times, Sunday Times A faint scent of cigar smoke can still be detected in the room. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two desperate electricians hammered in vain on the sides with a drill and were saved only when they got a faint signal on a mobile phone. The Sun A faint signal was detected three days later which indicated that it had gone into safe mode. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The telescope could receive impossibly faint signals, all focused on to a single copper filament at the centre of its 250ft span. Times, Sunday Times I remember looking at him in my arms and thinking how angelic he seemed, with his eyes closed and a faint smile resting on his lips. The Sun (2011) For the first time he gave her a faint smile, but it looked so melancholy on his pale face that she could hardly help crying. Daniel Deronda (1876) `Remembering the pianos and the furniture and objets d'art taken in part exchange for used cars, her lips twitched with a faint smile. FINAL RESORT The mouth tugged in a faint smile on noticing the recognition on Marlette's face. THE DEVIL'S DOOR (2002) There was just enough light to see a faint trace snaking far, far away over the crests of the hills, punctuated by crenellated garrison towers. Times, Sunday Times My friend, apoplectic, cussing, was gesticulating at a faint trace of yellow paint on the kerb - for a protected loading bay, apparently. Times, Sunday Times Only at very low speeds do you notice the faint trace of diesel, which disappears totally the faster you go. The Sun Behind the drooping eyelids and stubble lies the very faint trace of a smile. Times, Sunday Times A faint trace of a host galaxy was also found. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What globe artichoke, butternut squash and pumpernickel, with the faintest whiff of truffle oil, lacked in texture, it more than made up for in flavour. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Such things have a faint whiff of murder. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Most would agree that the spuds would carry the faint whiff of moral complicity. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Translations: Chinese: 微弱的, 昏倒 Japanese: かすかな, 気絶する |
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