| 词汇 | faint |
| 释义 | faint adjective uk /feɪnt/ us /feɪnt/ faintadjective (SLIGHT)B2 not strong or clear; slight: 微弱的；不清晰的；微小的 a faint sound/noise/smell微弱的声音／隐约的响声／淡淡的气味 The lamp gave out a faint glow.灯发出微弱的光。 She gave me a faint smile of recognition.她认出了我，冲我淡淡一笑。 There's not the faintest hope of ever finding him.没有丝毫找到他的希望。 She bears a faint resemblance to my sister.她和我姐姐长得有点儿像。 faint suspicionI have a faint suspicion that you may be right!我隐约觉得你可能是对的！ making little or no noise quietThere was a quiet tapping at the door. silentThe stadium fell silent after the goal was scored. soft"Come here!" he said in a soft voice. muffledI could hear muffled voices from the next room. faintThere was the faint sound of traffic in the distance. not have the faintest ideaC2informal used to emphasize that you do not know something: 根本不知道 "Is she going to stay?" "I haven't the faintest idea."“她要留下来吗？我一点儿也不知道。” The first faint signs of an agreement began to glimmer through. She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry.她听到一声微弱得几乎难以察觉的哭声。 They said the printing was too faint to reproduce well.他们说这材料印得太模糊，无法复印清楚。 She felt a faint stirring of envy when she heard that one of her colleagues had been promoted.当她听说一个同事升职之后，心里感觉有点儿妒忌。 A gap between the curtains admitted the faint glow of a street lamp. Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragile fragility frail glass jaw helpless shakily shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target weak-willed weakling weakly weakness weedy faintadjective (UNWELL)feel faint C2 to feel weak, as if you are about to become unconscious: 虚弱无力;感到眩晕;快要晕倒似的 She felt faint with hunger.她饿得头昏眼花。 Idiomfaint heart never won fair lady/maiden faint verb[ I ] uk /feɪnt/ us /feɪnt/ B2 to suddenly become unconscious for a short time, usually falling down: 昏厥;晕倒 He faints at the sight of blood.他一见血就晕。 I nearly fainted in the heat.我差点热晕过去。 faint (dead) awayUKShe took one look at the hypodermic needle and fainted (dead) away (= became unconscious immediately).她一眼看到注射针头就昏了过去。 His face went pale and he looked as if he might faint. You gave us a real scare when you fainted, you know. He caught me at the precise moment that I fainted.他正好在我晕倒的那一刻抓住了我。 By the middle of the next day she was almost fainting from hunger. I stood up too quickly and very nearly fainted. Losing consciousness black catatonia concuss concussion go out like a lightidiom hypnotic hypnotically in a drunken stupor insensibility insensible knock light pass pass out senseless swoon unconsciously unconsciousness unresponsive unresponsiveness faint noun[ S ] uk /feɪnt/ us /feɪnt/ the act of suddenly becoming unconscious: 昏厥;晕倒 fall into a dead faintOn receiving the news, she fell into a dead faint.听到消息，她昏死过去。 Synonym swoonold-fashionedliterary Losing consciousness black catatonia concuss concussion go out like a lightidiom hypnotic hypnotically in a drunken stupor insensibility insensible knock light pass pass out senseless swoon unconsciously unconsciousness unresponsive unresponsiveness faint | American Dictionaryfaint verb[ I ] us/feɪnt/ faintverb[I] (LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS)to become unconscious unexpectedly for a short time: I nearly fainted from the heat. faint adjective[ -er/-est only ] us/feɪnt/ faintadjective[-er/-est only] (SLIGHT)not strong or clear; slight: He walked along, guided only by the faint light of the moon. faintadjective[-er/-est only] (WEAK)very weak and nearly becoming unconscious: He felt faint from hunger. Examples of faintfaint She felt dizzy and nauseated and then fainted. Clusters of adolescents experienced attacks of medically unexplained physical illness, involving, especially fainting and dizziness. Very many fainted and lost their sense of time. As the train approaches, the driver faints at a crucial moment and the brakes engage. Many people thought she had merely fainted. The series of disconsolate women thus recedes symmetrically into a distant past; we know, progressively less about them, and their laments grow ever fainter and more fragmentary. I, myself, took a man in a fainting condition from a police officer who was holding him, offering to take charge of him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There could only have been one other explanation: that he had fainted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a man faints on parade, he is given a medical examination and no disciplinary action is normally taken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lass could afford so little food that she fainted twice at work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He had to go out to get a drink because he was fainting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I nearly fainted away at the use of the word. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot understand why they were left in the dark for six hours, so that asthmatics became ill and old people fainted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He fainted, and when he came to himself, tried to cycle home, but fell off the machine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not aware that the young lady fainted when she got home or anything of the kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of faint These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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