英 [ˈlɪŋɡə(r)] 美 [ˈlɪŋɡər]
v. 继续存留，缓慢消失；流连，逗留；持续看（或思考）；苟延残喘；消磨，缓慢度过
【名】 （Linger）（法）兰热，（德、捷、瑞典）林格（人名）
第三人称单数lingers
现在分词lingering
过去式lingered
过去分词lingered
linger /ˈlɪŋɡə/ CET6 TEM4 [ lingering lingered lingers ]
不及物动词 When something such as an idea, feeling, or illness lingers, it continues to exist for a long time, often much longer than expected. (想法、感觉、疾病) 继续存留
The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room.
她的香水味在房间里久久不散。
He was ashamed. That feeling lingered, and he was never comfortable in church after that.
他很惭愧。这种感觉持续着，此后他在教堂里就再没有自在过。
不及物动词 If you linger somewhere, you stay there for a longer time than is necessary, for example, because you are enjoying yourself. 继续逗留
Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around midnight.
顾客们可以慢慢品味咖啡到午夜。
remain present although waning or gradually dying
Her perfume lingered on
be about
同义词： loiter / lounge / footle / lollygag / loaf / lallygag / hang around / mess about / tarry / lurk / mill about / mill around
leave slowly and hesitantly
同义词： tarry
take one's time; proceed slowly
同义词： dawdle
徘徊
逗留
《 蝴蝶飞 》（ Linger ）是一部于2008年1月上映的爱情悬疑电影，以一名少女的内心世界为题材，由杜琪峰执导。
徘徊(lingering), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
那个都门的着名的公子王孙整日的流连(Linger)于青楼烟花之地，芍药栏边，当我们相信自己对这个世界已经相当重要的时候，其实这个世界才刚刚准备原谅我们的幼稚。
lingering 拖延的
lingeringly 延迟地；逗留不去地
lingering 徘徊；缓慢消失；沉思（linger的ing形式）
徘徊；苟延残喘；磨蹭
消磨；缓慢度过
I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table—the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone.
我偷偷朝鸡尾酒桌的方向溜去——这是花园中唯一一个可以让一个人在这里逗留而不会显得毫无目的和孤独的地方。
It's strange how childhood impressions linger.
童年的印象经久不忘，真是不可思议。
When apartheid is over the maladies will linger on.
种族隔离废止后，这种社会弊病还会继续。
If nothing is done, this recession could linger for years."
VOA : special.2009.01.09
Dr.Jim Swire, who lost his daughter in the bombing, says he does not believe al-Megrahi was behind the bombing but with the appeal now gone, so too is the chance to answer the big vexing questions that linger to this day.
VOA : standard.2009.08.21
And we're going to blitz through it like the hundred yard dash, and that means we can't stop and linger in too much detail on different topics.
而我们要像百米冲刺一样迅速过一遍,这也就是说,在很多问题上,我们不能过细地追究和逗留
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Questions linger over ties between one of its former top executives and an anchor for CNBC.
Even though football has returned to the playing field post-CBA, minor tremors of courtroom football linger.
The European crisis will continue to linger, with occasional central bank-inspired rallies here and there.