Faint

(noun.) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain.

(verb.) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain.

(adj.) lacking conviction or boldness or courage; 'faint heart ne'er won fair lady' .

(adj.) indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; 'a faint clue to the origin of the mystery'; 'haven't the faintest idea' .

(adj.) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; 'a faint outline'; 'the wan sun cast faint shadows'; 'the faint light of a distant candle'; 'weak colors'; 'a faint hissing sound'; 'a faint aroma'; 'a weak pulse' .

(adj.) lacking strength or vigor; 'damning with faint praise'; 'faint resistance'; 'feeble efforts'; 'a feeble voice' .

(adj.) weak and likely to lose consciousness; 'suddenly felt faint from the pain'; 'was sick and faint from hunger'; 'felt light in the head'; 'a swooning fit'; 'light-headed with wine'; 'light-headed from lack of sleep' .

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• My heart turns faint, my mind sinks in darkness and confusion when I think of it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The unfortunate inquirer staggered against a wall, a faint cry escaped her --O! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Robert Jordan heard the stream, far down in the rocks, and he saw a faint, thin smoke that rose from the sentry box. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• At these latter words the girl shivered again, and for a moment paused in her rowing, seeming to turn deadly faint. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The swans had gone out on to the opposite bank, the reeds smelled sweet, a faint breeze touched the skin. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• In not one, however, showed the faintest sign of light. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Dismounting, I laid Powell upon the ground, but the most painstaking examination failed to reveal the faintest spark of life. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• They then made out the faintest pallor of his face. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And to this hour I have not the faintest notion what he meant, or what joke he thought I had made. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• But it passed with the action of rising from her chair; and she sat down again very meekly, and fainted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Tom silently resumed his task; but the woman, before at the last point of exhaustion, fainted. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• When I _sor_ him (such was Mr. Donne's pronunciation) about to spring, I thought I should have fainted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• My lady has fainted, and we can't bring her to again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• One of the best of these I entered; but I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• An idea is by its very nature weaker and fainter than an impression; but being in every other respect the same, cannot imply any very great mystery. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The traces of consumption may become fainter, or be wholly effaced: the inherent tendency to vice or crime may be eradicated. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The deeper he sank into this silence, the fainter hope there was--or so Darnay thought--of his softening in any slight degree. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• But it had a preponderating tendency, when considered, to become fainter. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It was fainter and duller. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The next instant I threw myself through, and lay half-fainting upon the other side. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Oliver availed himself of the kind permission, and fell to the floor in a fainting fit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I am not hysterical, nor given to fainting. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Now, do be quiet, Maurice, or you'll be fainting again. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Night fell upon us before we reached our goal, and, almost fainting from weariness and weakness, we lay down and slept. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Sometimes Mr. Claypole faints himself, but the result is the same. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I hold you till one or other of us faints or dies! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• A young lady who faints, must be recovered; questions must be answered, and surprizes be explained. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Don't revive her to consciousness, while she only faints. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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