Слово англійською: linger
Дієслово
Переклад linger українською: затри́муватися, отягати, баритися
Детальний опис
- [intransitive] to continue to exist for longer than expected
- The faint smell of her perfume lingered in the room.
- linger on The civil war lingered on well into the 1930s.
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to stay somewhere for longer because you do not want to leave; to spend a long time doing something
- She lingered for a few minutes to talk to Nick.
- We lingered over breakfast on the terrace.
- [intransitive] linger (on somebody/something) to continue to look at somebody/something or think about something for longer than usual
- His eyes lingered on the diamond ring on her finger.
- [intransitive] linger (on) to stay alive but become weaker
- He lingered on for several months after the heart attack.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘dwell, abide’): frequentative of obsolete leng ‘prolong’, of Germanic origin; related to German längen ‘make long(er)’, also to long.