linger

• vi. 徘徊；苟延残喘；磨蹭
• vt. 消磨；缓慢度过
• n. (Linger)人名；(德、捷、瑞典)林格；(法)兰热

来自古英语lengan,延长，加长，词源同long.引申词义逗留，流连。

1. remain present although waning or gradually dying;

"Her perfume lingered on"

2. be about;

"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"

"Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

3. leave slowly and hesitantly

4. take one's time; proceed slowly

5. move to and fro;

"The shy student lingered in the corner"

linger

linger: [13] Etymologically, to linger is to remain ‘longer’ than one should. Like its relatives, German längen and Dutch lengen, it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *langgjan ‘lengthen’. In Old Norse this became lengja, which was borrowed into English in the 10th century as leng. By now, ‘lengthen’ had progressed metaphorically via ‘prolong’ to ‘delay’, which is what it meant when linger was derived from it in the 13th century.
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linger (v.)

c. 1300, lenger "reside, dwell," northern England frequentative of lengen "to tarry," from Old English lengan "prolong, lengthen," from Proto-Germanic *langjan "to make long" (cognates: Old Frisian lendza, Old High German lengan, Dutch lengen "to lengthen"), source of Old English lang (see long (adj.)). Sense of "delay going, depart slowly and unwillingly" is from 1520s. Related: Lingered; lingering.

remain, linger, stay

这些动词均有"停留，逗留"之意。

remain： 指某人或某物仍留在原处或保持原来的状态。

linger： 着重因愉快的事而使人不愿离开。

stay： 普通用词，多指人在某地暂时逗留。有时可指较长时间的居留。

But while printing quickly caused the hand written book to die out, handwriting lingered on (继续存在) well into the 16th century.

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Sometimes old technology lingers for centuries because of its symbolic power.

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Lingering racism If the Obama effect is positive for African Americans, how is it affecting their white compatriots (同胞)

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Is the experience of having a charismatic (有魅力的) black president modifying lingering racist attitudes

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Although most people admitted to some lingering rivalry, it was rarely strong enough to end the relationship.

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About one eighth of them admitted to lingering bitter feelings

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But because changes aren't reflected across the content delivery networks immediately, ghost copies of files tend to linger for days or weeks.

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The faint smell of her perfume lingered in the room.

房间里仍飘溢着她那淡淡的香水味。

牛津词典

The civil war lingered on well into the 1930s.

这次内战到20世纪30年代还拖了好几年。

牛津词典

She lingered for a few minutes to talk to Nick.

她多待了几分钟，想跟尼克谈一谈。

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We lingered over breakfast on the terrace.

我们在平台上慢条斯理地吃着早餐。

牛津词典

His eyes lingered on the diamond ring on her finger.

他的目光滞留在她手指上的钻戒上。

牛津词典

He lingered on for several months after the heart attack.

他心脏病发作后又拖了几个月才去世。

牛津词典

The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room...

她的香水味道在房间里久久不散。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade...

一场游击战已经持续了30多年。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around midnight...

客人尽可以喝着咖啡逗留到午夜左右。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I lingered on in Atlanta for a few days, spending much of my time with an artist friend...

我在亚特兰大又逗留了几天，大部分时候都和一位搞艺术的朋友在一起。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Linger: Amanda! You were supposed to convince Aduh to vote.

玲儿: 亚曼达! 你本该要说服阿德去投票的.

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The guards gesticulated that he had better not linger there. He shook his head.

警卫人员作手势,示意他不要在那儿逗留. 他点了点头.

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Did the ghost of that grand passion linger in some corner of his heart?

难道那种崇高感情的残魂还逗留在他心田的某一角 吗 ?

辞典例句

Tensions linger between Japan and China over resources in China Sea.

日本和中国在东海的资源问题上也关系紧张.

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Don't linger away your holidays. Try to find something useful to do.

不要虚度假日, 尽量找些有意义的事做.

《简明英汉词典》

Larry didn't linger over his work completely, but he did linger over it to some extent.

劳里虽未完全磨洋工, 但多少有一点.

《简明英汉词典》

Issue of new shares to restart the rumors and expectations, are A shares linger over.

商言新股发行重启的传闻和预期, 正在A股上空盘桓.

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Hope everybody have time arrive personally Shantou play, can let you linger on surely.

希望各位有空亲自到汕头游玩, 一定会让您流连忘返.

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They would linger at the jamb of the door.

他们就在门旁侧壁那呆着不走.

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He made excuses to linger on the stairs.

他找借口故意在楼梯口上磨磨蹭蹭.

辞典例句

Soft and ripe, with tangy pear, fig, apple and spice flavors that linger on the palate.

柔软的和成熟的, 藉由强烈的西洋梨子, 无花果, 苹果和香料在上颚上逗留,其中滋味久久不能散去.

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In addition to a faltering heart in the beating to linger.

除了一颗摇摇欲坠的心在苟延残喘地跳动外.

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His last words still linger in our ears.

他的临终嘱咐仍萦绕在我们耳际.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I middle linger at the vast world, seek mildness being left over in your angulus oris.

我在辽阔的世界中徘徊, 寻找残留在你嘴角的温柔.

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Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty, How can you lose?

看看人行道周围的霓虹灯闪烁光芒你怎会迷失在人群之中?

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