faint

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n. 昏厥, 昏倒 a. 模糊的, 微弱的, 无力的 vi. 昏倒, 变得微弱

发音

US /feɪnt/
其它
UK /feɪnt/

词形变化

faints 复数 faints fainted fainteth fainting faints 三单 fainting 现在分词 fainted 过去式 fainted 过去分词 fainter 比较级 fainter faintest faintest 最高级

别名

feint

教材释义与例句

名词

昏厥，昏倒

动词

昏倒；变得微弱；变得没气力

形容词

模糊的；头晕的；虚弱的； 衰弱的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of fainting, syncope.

    昏厥

    She suffered another faint.

  2. 2.

    The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.

    罕用
v. B2
  1. 1.

    To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).

    昏过去

    昏倒

    晕厥

    发晕

    不及物

    A fainting fit.

  2. 2.

    To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

    不及物

    November 12, 1711, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.

adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

    微弱

    I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.

    He almost fell faint due to the hot climate.

  2. 2.

    Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.

  3. 3.

    Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.

    古体
  4. 4.

    Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.

    There was a faint red light in the distance.

  5. 5.

    Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.

    faint efforts

    faint resistance

    They damned the latest book with faint praise.

  6. 6.

    Slight; minimal.

    a faint chance

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

swoon deliquium syncope
动词

同义词 3

swoon conk pass out

上位词 3

blackout pass out zonk out
形容词

同义词 10

light weak vague dim timid feeble shadowy light-headed wispy fainthearted

近义相关 7

sick weak indistinct ill cowardly fearful perceptible

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned; negligent; sluggish”), past participle of feindre, faindre (“to feign; sham; work negligently”), from Latin fingere (“to touch, handle, form, shape, frame, form in thought, imagine, conceive, contrive, devise, feign”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). Cognate with feign and fiction and more distantly dough.

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