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单词 faint
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faint

adjective
/feɪnt/
/feɪnt/
(comparative fainter, superlative faintest)
Idioms
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  1. that cannot be clearly seen, heard or smelt
    • a faint glow/glimmer/light
    • a faint smell of perfume
    • We saw the faint outline of the mountain through the mist.
    • We could hear their voices growing fainter as they walked down the road.
    • His breathing became faint.
    Extra Examples
    • I can't make out the number—it's very faint.
    • The whispers grew fainter and fainter, then stopped altogether.
    • The faint glow of a match shone through the doorway.
    • There was a faint glimmer of light from her window.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • sound
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • very
    • rather
    See full entry
  2. very small; possible but unlikely synonym slight
    • There is still a faint hope that she may be cured.
    • They don't have the faintest chance of winning.
  3. not enthusiastic
    • a faint show of resistance
    • a faint smile
  4. [not before noun] feeling weak and tired and likely to become unconscious
    • She suddenly felt faint.
    • The walkers were faint from hunger.
    Extra Examples
    • What he saw made him feel faint with fear.
    • I was faint with hunger.
    • I was beginning to feel a little faint.
    Topics Illnessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • extremely
    • very
    • almost
    preposition
    • with
    See full entry
  5. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘feigned’, also ‘feeble, cowardly’, surviving in faint-hearted): from Old French faint, past participle of faindre, from Latin fingere ‘mould, contrive’. Compare with feint.
Idioms
damn somebody/something with faint praise
  1. to praise somebody/something only a little, in order to show that you do not really like them/it
not have the faintest (idea)
  1. (informal) to not know anything at all about something
    • I didn't have the faintest idea what you meant.
    • He didn’t have the faintest idea how the others would react.

faint

verb
/feɪnt/
/feɪnt/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they faint
/feɪnt/
/feɪnt/
he / she / it faints
/feɪnts/
/feɪnts/
past simple fainted
/ˈfeɪntɪd/
/ˈfeɪntɪd/
past participle fainted
/ˈfeɪntɪd/
/ˈfeɪntɪd/
-ing form fainting
/ˈfeɪntɪŋ/
/ˈfeɪntɪŋ/
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  1. to become unconscious when not enough blood is going to your brain, usually because of the heat, a shock, etc. synonym pass out
    • to faint from hunger
    • Suddenly the woman in front of me fainted.
    • I'm nearly fainting with the heat in here.
    • (informal) I almost fainted (= I was very surprised) when she told me.
    Extra Examples
    • He was so pale she thought he was going to faint.
    • He would faint at the sight of blood.
    • She almost fainted with shock.
    • Almost fainting from lack of air, she could only answer in choked gasps.
    • She thought she would faint from sheer happiness.
    Topics Illnessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • almost
    • nearly
    verb + faint
    • be about to
    • be going to
    preposition
    • at
    • from
    • with
    See full entry
    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘feigned’, also ‘feeble, cowardly’, surviving in faint-hearted): from Old French faint, past participle of faindre, from Latin fingere ‘mould, contrive’. Compare with feint.

faint

noun
/feɪnt/
/feɪnt/
[singular]
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  1. the state of becoming unconscious
    • He fell to the ground in a dead faint.
    Topics Illnessc1
    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘feigned’, also ‘feeble, cowardly’, surviving in faint-hearted): from Old French faint, past participle of faindre, from Latin fingere ‘mould, contrive’. Compare with feint.
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