stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave
(不愿离开而)逗留,多停留
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she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine 她在院子里多待了一会儿,享受一下温暖的阳光
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she let her eyes linger on him suggestively .她故意挑逗地把目光在他身上停留了一会儿。
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磨蹭,拖延
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she lingered over her meal .她这顿饭慢吞吞地吃了好长时间。
be slow to disappear or die
迟迟不去,继续留存,缓慢消失(或消亡)
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the tradition seems to linger on 这个传统现在似乎还不会消亡。
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we are thankful that she didn't linger on and suffer .我们都很庆幸她没有拖延时日,没多受苦就死去了。
"Middle English (in the sense ‘dwell, abide’): frequentative of obsolete