linger

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɪŋɡə/    美 /ˈlɪŋɡɚ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. intransitive
    — Still more foole I ſhall appeare / By the time I linger here
  2. To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. intransitive
    — He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down.
  3. To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion. idiomatic,intransitive,often
    — Trump doesn't linger on the poll.

词形变化

lingers present,singular,third-person lingering participle,present lingered participle,past lingered past

词汇关系

衍生词
lingerer lingering lingerly linger on linger out lingersome outlinger overlinger

词源

From Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen (“to stay, dwell, tarry”), from Old English lenġan (“to lengthen, delay, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (compare West Frisian lingje (“to linger”), Dutch lengen, German längen, Icelandic lengja (“to lengthen”)), related to the root of English long. Equivalent to linge or long + -er (frequentative verb suffix).
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