| 释义 |
lan·guish
I. \ˈlaŋgwish, ˈlaiŋ-, -wēsh, esp in pres part -wəsh\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English languishen, languissen, from Middle French languiss-, stem of languir, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin languire, from Latin languēre
1. : to become languid : lose strength or animation : be or become dull, feeble, or spiritless : lose force or vividness
< conversation languished >
: fade
< plants languish in the drought >
2. : to be or live in a state of lessened or lessening strength or vitality : droop
< languishing spirits >
: pine with longing
< languish for years in prison >
: suffer neglect
< contract … has languished in committee ever since — Newsweek >
3. : to assume an expression of weariness or tender grief or emotion appealing for sympathy
< languished at him through screwed-up eyes — Edith Wharton >
II. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English, from languishen, v.
archaic
1. : the act or state of languishing
< one desperate grief cures with another's languish — Shakespeare >
2. : a languishing tender look or expression
< the warm, dark languish of her eyes — J.G.Whittier > |