单词 | languish |
释义 | languish —languisher, n. /lang"gwish/, v.i. 1. to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade. 2. to lose vigor and vitality. 3. to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress: to languish in prison for ten years. 4. to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored: a petition that languished on the warden's desk for a year. 5. to pine with desire or longing. 6. to assume an expression of tender, sentimental melancholy. n. 7. the act or state of languishing. 8. a tender, melancholy look or expression. [1250-1300; ME < MF languiss-, long s. of languir << L languere to languish; akin to laxus LAX; see -ISH2] |
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