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

• The superstition still lingers on among them.
  那种迷信仍然残留在他们的脑海中。
• 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。
• Right here lies the very thorn of life: what lingers on is unfortunately not what you prefer.
  人生的刺，就在这里，留恋着不肯快走的，偏是你所不留恋的东西。
• 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。
• Twilight lingers over the tomb of Ramses III in the Valley of Kings in Luxor, Egypt.
  埃及卢克索的帝王谷里，霞光流连在拉美西斯三世的陵墓上。
• 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。
• The messages conveyed in the eyes of these people, notably the kids, flickers and lingers in my mind and makes my life meaningful.
  消息被表达在这人民眼里，著名孩子，忽悠和依我所见徘徊和使我的生活意味深长。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。