lingers

英 [ˈlɪŋɡəz]

美 [ˈlɪŋɡərz]

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)
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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。

双语例句

• It's a question that lingers and one might wonder whether Socrates ever successfully answers that question.
  这是萦回不散的问题，有人可能要问，苏格拉底是否曾成功地，响应那个问题。
• For it would seem that love still lingers there.
  因为那份爱还徘徊在我心里。
• Today's tests are more scientific, but Scoville's name lingers on.
  目前测量辣度的实验更为科学，但史高维尔的名字仍沿用下来。
• But the sudden disappearing of your figure on the screen lingers my missing in the air, which can only be conveyed with my speechless words.
  只是突然依赖的隔屏，消失了你的身影，让我的思念在空中流转，无奈只好让无言的文字倾诉我的想念。
• When food lingers along the edges of your gums, it can trigger bacterial growth and infections.
  食物逗留在牙龈周边时，可能引发细菌滋生和感染。
• It is not like our flesh body that has birth and death and lingers in transmigration.
  不像我们的肉身是有生有死，不断地在轮回之中徘徊。
• The stench of viktor's blood still lingers in your veins.
  你的血管里还散发着维克多身上的腥臭味。
• She lingers with her gentle feet in my chamber.
  她用轻柔的小脚丫在房间里面踱着脚步。
• Although the Lantern Festival, but the memories of still lingers ripples in my heart.
  虽然元宵节过去了，但那美好的回忆仍久久荡漾在我心中。
• One suggestive finding is that when unemployment insurance becomes more generous, not everybody lingers on benefits.
  一个具有提示性的发现是：当失业救济金增加时，并非所有人都对此留恋不舍。