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

• I am annoyed at myself to find that so much quixoticism still lingers in me.
  我深恨自己身上还残留着这么多不切实际的空想。
• 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。
• That's China's debut appearance in the World Cup, the dream that lingers in Chinese minds.
  这是中国人首次出现在世界杯赛场，而这是萦绕在中国人心中多年的梦想。
• Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
  知识一路行来，智慧徘徊无依。
• The flames are all gone, but the pain lingers on.
  火焰褪去，但苦同苟沿残喘。
• And while this pain is normal, sometimes that pain lingers for too long.
  然而这种痛是正常的，有时候那种痛会持续很久。
• Today these superstitious practices are no more, but their influence lingers on in the minds of some people.
  今天这些迷信习俗已不复存在，可是其影响仍然存留在某些人的头脑中。
• The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.
  歌声虽已结束，但美妙的旋律仍在萦回。
• The superstition still lingers on among them.
  那种迷信仍然残留在他们的脑海中。
• This means that stale air lingers in the bottom of our lungs.
  这就意味着浑浊的空气老是存留在肺的底部。