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linger over sth
表示花长时间做某事，尤指享受或拖延。
She lingered over her coffee.
她慢慢地喝着咖啡，消磨时间。
残留；萦绕
lingering — present participle of linger
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残留；萦绕
remain present although slowly disappearing
She lingered over her coffee.
她慢慢地喝着咖啡，消磨时间。
停留或留在某地或某种情况下,尤其是不愿离开或不易离开。
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
虽然逐渐走向死亡或灭绝,但仍然存活或存在；逐渐死亡。
To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
考虑或思考一段时间；进行分析性思考或讨论。
To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
linger
Base
原形
lingers
3rd person
第三人称单数
lingering
-ing
现在分词
lingered
Past
过去式
lingered
Past participle
过去分词
She lingers by the door.
她逗留在门口。
He lingered for a moment.
他逗留了一会儿。
The smell is lingering in the air.
气味在空气中徘徊。
The memory has lingered.
记忆一直挥之不去。
The smell of fresh bread lingered in the kitchen long after the bakery closed.
面包店关门很久后，新鲜面包的气味仍萦绕在厨房里。
Please don't linger in the hallway; the teacher is coming.
请不要在走廊里逗留，老师要来了。
The memory of that summer is still lingering in her mind.
那个夏天的记忆仍萦绕在她脑海中。
表示花长时间做某事，尤指享受或拖延。
She lingered over her coffee.
她慢慢地喝着咖啡，消磨时间。
The smell of smoke lingered on for days.
烟味持续了好几天。
The tourists lingered in the square.
游客们在广场上逗留。
Not this
She lingered the moment.
Use this
She lingered over the moment.
linger 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语，需要加介词 over 表示“拖延、仔细品味”。
Not this
He lingered on her words.
Use this
He lingered over her words.
表示“仔细品味、反复思考”时，常用搭配是 linger over，而不是 linger on；linger on 通常表示“持续存在”。
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磨蹭，慢吞吞地做
She lingered over her coffee, savoring every sip.
她慢吞吞地喝咖啡，细细品味每一口。
持续存在，久久不散
The smell of smoke lingered on in the room for hours.
烟味在房间里持续了几个小时。
在…中逗留/挥之不去
The memory of that day lingered in her mind.
那天的记忆在她脑海中挥之不去。
在附近徘徊
Children lingered around the ice cream truck.
孩子们在冰淇淋车附近徘徊。
落后，逗留不走
A few students lingered behind after class to ask questions.
几个学生下课后留下来问问题。
带着…停留/留有
He lingered with a smile on his face.
他脸上带着微笑，迟迟没有离去。
继续存留；迟迟不消逝
The pain lingered on for weeks after the surgery.
手术后疼痛持续了数周才消逝。
慢吞吞地做；磨蹭
She lingered over her coffee, enjoying the quiet morning.
她慢悠悠地喝着咖啡，享受着宁静的早晨。
逗留不走；落在后面
A few fans lingered behind after the concert to get autographs.
音乐会结束后，一些歌迷逗留不走，等待签名。
你知道我为你如此痴迷，你让我为你神魂颠倒，你就必须让它挥之不去吗？
The memory of that summer lingered in her mind for years.
那个夏天的记忆在她心中萦绕多年。
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联想'ling'如'铃'，'er'如'儿'，想象铃儿在风中久久回荡，不肯离去，即逗留、徘徊。
多用于描述感觉、气味、人或事物缓慢持续存在或不愿离开的场景，常见于文学叙述或日常描述中。
Words like finger, anger, hunger, and longer rhyme with linger (the /g/ is pronounced). Words like singer and hanger look similar but have a silent /g/.
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