faint
faint 英 [feɪnt] 美 [fent]
adj. 微弱的；头晕的； vi. 昏倒；变得微弱； n. 昏厥，昏倒
进行时:fainting 过去式:fainted 过去分词:fainted 第三人称单数:faints 名词复数:faints 比较级:fainter 最高级:faintest
- Something faint has no courage or vigor. If you suddenly round the corner and see a gang of bullies staring straight at you, chances are you'll feel faint.
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- adj. 微弱的；头晕的；
- vi. 昏倒；变得微弱；
- n. 昏厥，昏倒
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1. a faint glow/glimmer/light
微弱的光亮╱闪光╱光
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2. a faint smell of perfume
淡淡的香水味
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3. His breathing became faint.
他的呼吸变得微弱了。
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4. There is still a faint hope that she may be cured.
她的病还有一点点希望可以治愈。
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5. a faint show of resistance
软弱无力装模作样的抵抗
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6. She suddenly felt faint.
她突然感到快要昏倒。
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7. The walkers were faint from hunger.
那些走路的人饿得头昏眼花。
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8. She smiled faintly.
她淡淡地笑了一下。
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9. to faint from hunger
饿昏过去
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10. Suddenly the woman in front of me fainted.
我面前的女人突然昏倒了。
- faint (adj.) c. 1300, "enfeebled; wearied, exhausted," from Old French faint, feint "false, deceitful; sham, artificial; weak, faint, lazy, indolent, cowardly," past participle of feindre "hesitate, falter, be indolent, show weakness, avoid one's duty by pretending," from Latin fingere "to touch, handle; devise; fabricate, alter, change" (from PIE root *dheigh- "to form, build"). Also from c. 1300 as "deceitful; unreliable; false." Meaning "wanting in spirit or courage, cowardly" (a sense now mostly encountered in faint-hearted) is from early 14c. From early 15c. of actions, functions, colors, etc., "weak, feeble, poor." Meaning "producing a feeble impression upon the senses" is from 1650s.
- faint (n.) c. 1300, "faintness, faint-heartedness," from faint (adj.). From 1808 as "a swoon."
- faint (v.) c. 1300, "grow weak, become enfeebled," also "lack courage or spirit, be faint-hearted," and "to pretend, feign;" from faint (adj.). Sense of "swoon, lose consciousness" is from c. 1400. Also used in Middle English of the fading of colors, flowers, etc. Related: Fainted; fainting. For Chaucer and Shakespeare, also a transitive verb ("It faints me").
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