Lingering

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Linger

(a.) Delaying.

(a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease.

录入:莫拉

• There were painted white chairs, with gilding and wreaths on them, and some lingering red silk damask with slits in it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I am sorry, because I could have wished to keep up a little lingering fragment of respect for him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He has seen my solitary, lingering death. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Glad to see you here again, sir, said Pratt, lingering to adjust a blind. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Old Sedley's lingering illness and death supervened, after which a meeting was for some time impossible. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He watched the lingering way she took her feet from the ground. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• This done, I rested, leaning against the tree; lingering, like any other mourner, beside a newly-sodded grave. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I felt reluctant to be present, when Mr. Peggotty first met his sister and Ham; and made Mr. Omer my excuse for lingering behind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Why is he lingering here? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They gossiped together over the corpse, related anecdotes, with embellishments of her lingering decline, and its real or supposed cause. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr Wegg slowly subdues his ironical tone and his lingering irritation, and resumes his pipe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But for thee is reserved a long and lingering death, to which theirs were luxury. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• After lingering a few seconds he passed on again. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Because, if any doubt is still lingering in our minds, a few commonplace instances will satisfy us of the truth of what I am saying. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Eustacia remained within the bank looking at the fire, intending to go indoors, yet lingering still. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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