linger

英 [ˈlɪŋɡə(r)]

美 [ˈlɪŋɡər]

v.  继续存留; 缓慢消失; 流连; 逗留; 徘徊; 花很长时间做(某事); 磨蹭; 持续看(或思考)

过去式：lingered　第三人称单数：lingers　过去分词：lingered　现在分词：lingering　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7034 / COCA.5721

同义词辨析

staylingerremain【导航词义：逗留】

牛津词典

verb

• 继续存留；缓慢消失
  to continue to exist for longer than expected
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 流连；逗留；徘徊；花很长时间做（某事）；磨蹭
  to stay somewhere for longer because you do not want to leave; to spend a long time doing sth
  1. She lingered for a few minutes to talk to Nick.
     她多待了几分钟，想跟尼克谈一谈。
  2. We lingered over breakfast on the terrace.
     我们在平台上慢条斯理地吃着早餐。
• 持续看（或思考）
  to continue to look at sb/sth or think about sth for longer than usual
  1. 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。
• 苟延残喘；奄奄一息
  to stay alive but become weaker
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 继续存留
  When something such as an idea, feeling, or illnesslingers, it continues to exist for a long time, often much longer than expected.
  1. The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room...
     她的香水味道在房间里久久不散。
  2. A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade...
     一场游击战已经持续了30多年。
  3. He was ashamed. That feeling lingered, and he was never comfortable in church after that...
     他深感羞耻。这种感觉一直萦绕在心头，并且自那以后他在教堂总是觉得不自在。
  4. He would rather be killed in a race than die a lingering death in hospital.
     他宁肯在比赛中丢了性命也不愿在医院里苟延残喘。
• VERB 留恋；不愿离开；继续逗留
  If youlingersomewhere, you stay there for a longer time than is necessary, for example because you are enjoying yourself.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. It is a dreary little town where few would choose to linger.
     这是个沉闷的小镇，没几个人会愿意在此流连。

英英释义

verb

• leave slowly and hesitantly
  Synonym:tarry
• take one's time
  Synonym:dawdle
• be about
  1. The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
  2. Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
  Synonym:loiterloungefootlelollygagloaflallygaghang aroundmess abouttarrylurkmill aboutmill around
• move to and fro
  1. The shy student lingered in the corner
  Synonym:hover
• remain present although waning or gradually dying
  1. Her perfume lingered on

双语例句

• Linger: how can you say that? This is important for our future.
  玲儿：你怎么那样说？这对我们的未来很重要耶。
• Perhaps a long time on the N* No linger so uncomfortable.
  或许时间长了就看淡了。就不再那么不舒服。
• Why she chooses to linger in such a place is a beautiful mystery.
  为什么她选择在这样一个地方逗留，这是一个美丽的谜。
• Linger: I should get you to talk to my brother and Amanda.
  玲儿：我应该让你去跟我弟和亚曼达谈谈。
• 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。
• Do the memories of vanished months of May linger in my limbs?
  消失了的五月的回忆仍旧流连在我的肢体上么？
• I cannot rest, I cannot stay, and I cannot linger anywhere.
  我不能休息、不能停留、不能在任何地方逗留。
• Recently, I always seem to never forget recall those things, but they linger in my mind!
  最近，我总是似乎从来没有忘记回忆那些事，但他们萦绕在我的心里！
• But you, my daughter, you will linger on in darkness and in doubt.
  但是，我的爱女，将活在恒久不变的黑暗中。
• A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade
  一场游击战已经持续了30多年。