linger
linger
verb
lingerer
noun
语源
verb
- [no obj.]stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave
（不愿离开而）逗留，多停留
she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine.
她在院子里多待了一会儿，享受一下温暖的阳光。
she let her eyes linger on him suggestively.
她故意挑逗地把目光在他身上多停留了一会儿。
■(linger over)spend a long time over (something)
磨蹭，拖延
she lingered over her meal.
她这顿饭慢吞吞地吃了好长时间。
■be slow to disappear or die
继续留存，缓慢消失；苟延残喘
the tradition seems to linger on.
这个传统现在似乎还不会消亡。
we are thankful that she didn't linger on and suffer.
我们都很庆幸她没有拖延时日，没多受苦就死去了。
lingerer
noun
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'dwell, abide'): frequentative of obsolete leng 'prolong', of Germanic origin; related to German längen 'make long(er'), also to long
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