linger
中文来自 ECDICT
- vi.
- 逗留，消磨，徘徊
- vt.
- 消磨
构词拆分
long词根/词干
+
-er后缀
(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · (added to verbs, informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 lengeren
- 源自 ←古英语 lenġan “to lengthen, delay, extend”
- 源自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *langijan
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *langijaną
词源说明
From Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen (“to stay, dwell, tarry”), from Old English lenġan (“to lengthen, delay, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (compare West Frisian lingje (“to linger”), Dutch lengen, German längen, Icelandic lengja (“to lengthen”)), related to the root of English long. Equivalent to linge or long + -er (frequentative verb suffix).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb