languishment

lan·guish

L0042100 (lăng′gwĭsh)intr.v. lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·guish·es 1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor: crops languishing from a lack of rain.2. To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions: languished away in prison.3. To remain unattended or be neglected: legislation that continued to languish in committee.4. To become downcast or pine away in longing: languish apart from friends and family; languish for a change from dull routine.

[Middle English languishen, from Old French languir, languiss-, from Latin languēre, to be languid; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]

lan′guish·er n.lan′guish·ing·ly adv.lan′guish·ment n.

单词	languishment
释义	languishment lan·guish L0042100 (lăng′gwĭsh)intr.v. lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·guish·es 1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor: crops languishing from a lack of rain.2. To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions: languished away in prison.3. To remain unattended or be neglected: legislation that continued to languish in committee.4. To become downcast or pine away in longing: languish apart from friends and family; languish for a change from dull routine. [Middle English languishen, from Old French languir, languiss-, from Latin languēre, to be languid; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.] lan′guish·er n.lan′guish·ing·ly adv.lan′guish·ment n. IdiomsSeelanguish
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