Faint

[feɪnt] or [fent]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain.

(verb.) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain.

(adj.) lacking conviction or boldness or courage; 'faint heart ne'er won fair lady' .

(adj.) indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; 'a faint clue to the origin of the mystery'; 'haven't the faintest idea' .

(adj.) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; 'a faint outline'; 'the wan sun cast faint shadows'; 'the faint light of a distant candle'; 'weak colors'; 'a faint hissing sound'; 'a faint aroma'; 'a weak pulse' .

(adj.) lacking strength or vigor; 'damning with faint praise'; 'faint resistance'; 'feeble efforts'; 'a feeble voice' .

(adj.) weak and likely to lose consciousness; 'suddenly felt faint from the pain'; 'was sick and faint from hunger'; 'felt light in the head'; 'a swooning fit'; 'light-headed with wine'; 'light-headed from lack of sleep' .

校對:西尔玛--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(superl.) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

(superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."

(superl.) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

(superl.) Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

(n.) The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.

(v. i.) To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.

(n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

(n.) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

(v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

科南錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Swoon, faint away.[2]. Languish, grow weak, fail in vigor, lose strength.[3]. Be disheartened, be discouraged, be dejected, be depressed, lose courage, be dispirited, be down-hearted, sink into dejection.

a. [1]. Swooning, fainting away.[2]. Weak, feeble, drooping, exhausted, languid.[3]. Small, little, slight, inconsiderable.[4]. Dim, dull, not bright, not vivid.[5]. Fearful, timid, timorous, cowardly, dastardly, faint-hearted.[6]. Dejected, depressed, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged.

戴维錄入

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Weak, languid, fatigued, unenergetic, timid, irresolute, feeble, exhausted,half-hearted, obscure, dim, pale, faded, inconspicuous

ANT:Strong, vigorous, energetic, fresh, daring, resolute, prominent, marked,conspicuous, glaring

校對:蒂米

解釋/意思:

adj. wanting in strength: fading: lacking distinctness: not bright or forcible: weak in spirit: lacking courage: depressed: done in a feeble way.—v.i. to become feeble or weak: to lose strength colour &c.: to swoon: to fade or decay: to vanish: to lose courage or spirit: to become depressed.—v.t. (rare) to render faint.—n. a swoon.—p.adj. Faint′ed (Milt.) exhausted.—adjs. Faint′-heart Faint′-heart′ed cowardly: timorous.—adv. Faint′-heart′edly.—ns. Faint′-heart′edness; Faint′ing.—adj. Faint′ish slightly faint.—n. Faint′ishness.—adv. Faint′ly.—n. Faint′ness want of strength: feebleness of colour light &c.: dejection.—adj. Faint′y faintish.

錄入:李莉斯