English主要词典
linger
Universal Words
verb [V]
1 ~ (on) to continue to exist for longer than expected:
The faint smell of her perfume lingered in the room. * The civil war lingered on well into the 1930s.
2 [usually +adv./prep.] to stay somewhere for longer because you do not want to leave; to spend a long time doing sth:
She lingered for a few minutes to talk to Nick. * We lingered over breakfast on the terrace.
3 ~ (on sb/sth) to continue to look at sb/sth or think about sth for longer than usual:
His eyes lingered on the diamond ring on her finger.
4 ~ (on) to stay alive but become weaker:
He lingered on for several months after the heart attack.
