languish 音标拼音: [l'æŋgwɪʃ]
vi . 憔悴,凋萎,苦思
憔悴,凋萎,苦思
languish v 1 :
lose vigor ,
health ,
or flesh ,
as through grief ; "
After her husband died ,
she just pined away " [
synonym : {
pine away },
{
waste }, {
languish }]
2 :
have a desire for something or someone who is not present ;
"
She ached for a cigarette "; "
I am pining for my lover " [
synonym :
{
ache }, {
yearn }, {
yen }, {
pine }, {
languish }]
3 :
become feeble ; "
The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon " [
synonym : {
languish }, {
fade }]
Languish \
Lan "
guish \,
v .
i .
To cause to droop or pine . [
Obs .] --
Shak . --
Dryden .
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Languish \
Lan "
guish \,
n .
See {
Languishment }. [
Obs .
or Poetic ]
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What ,
of death ,
too ,
That rids our dogs of languish ? --
Shak .
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And the blue languish of soft Allia '
s eye . --
Pope .
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Languish \
Lan "
guish \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Languished };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Languishing }.] [
OE .
languishen ,
languissen ,
F .
languir ,
L .
languere ;
cf .
Gr . ?
to slacken , ?
slack ,
Icel .
lakra to lag behind ;
prob .
akin to E .
lag ,
lax ,
and perh .
to E .
slack .
See {-
ish }.]
1 .
To become languid or weak ;
to lose strength or animation ;
to be or become dull ,
feeble or spiritless ;
to pine away ;
to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition ;
to wither or fade .
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We . . .
do languish of such diseases . --
2 Esdras viii .
31 .
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Cease ,
fond nature ,
cease thy strife ,
And let me languish into life . --
Pope .
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For the fields of Heshbon languish . --
Is .
xvi .
8 .
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2 .
To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief ,
appealing for sympathy . --
Tennyson .
3 .
To be neglected and unattended to ;
as ,
the proposal languished on the director '
s desk for months .
[
PJC ]
Syn :
To pine ;
wither ;
fade ;
droop ;
faint .
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85 Moby Thesaurus words for "
languish ":
abate ,
ablate ,
bate ,
be eaten away ,
become suicidal ,
break ,
cave in ,
collapse ,
come apart ,
come unstuck ,
conk out ,
consume ,
consume away ,
corrode ,
crumble ,
decline ,
decrease ,
deliquesce ,
desiccate ,
despair ,
despond ,
deteriorate ,
die away ,
diminish ,
disintegrate ,
dive ,
droop ,
drop ,
drop off ,
dry up ,
dwindle ,
ebb ,
erode ,
fade ,
fade away ,
fail ,
faint ,
fall ,
fall away ,
fall off ,
fizzle out ,
flag ,
give out ,
give way ,
go downhill ,
go soft ,
go to pieces ,
hit rock bottom ,
hit the skids ,
lessen ,
let up ,
lose heart ,
lose strength ,
melt away ,
peak ,
peg out ,
peter out ,
pine ,
plumb the depths ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
poop out ,
reach the depths ,
run down ,
run low ,
sag ,
sear ,
shrink ,
shrivel ,
sink ,
subside ,
tail off ,
touch bottom ,
wane ,
waste ,
waste away ,
weaken ,
wear ,
wear away ,
wear thin ,
wilt ,
wither ,
wither away ,
wizen ,
yield
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