languid
languid 英 [ˈlæŋgwɪd] 美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪd]
adj. 倦怠的；呆滞的；软弱无力的
- Describe a slow-moving river or a weak breeze or a listless manner with the slightly poetic adjective, languid.
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- adj. 倦怠的；呆滞的；软弱无力的
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1. The small talk had come, however, in bed, in the languid aftermath of erotic occasions.
可是这些嘘寒问暖的话过去在床上、在性爱后的倦怠里都会说的。
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2. On the horizon, where it vanished and melted into the sky, there was the languid glow of a cold autumn sunset. . . .
在土地溶入天空的地平线处，有一抹倦怠的冰冷的秋季落日。。。
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3. These languid animals make an easy target for coastal hunters, and they were long sought for their meat, oil, skin, bones, and teeth.
这些懒洋洋的动物成为沿海猎人容易击中的目标，他们长期来搜索它们的肉、油、皮肤，骨骼和牙齿。
- languid (adj.) 1590s, from Middle French languide (16c.) and directly from Latin languidus "faint, listless, and sluggish from weakness, fatigue, or want of energy," from languere "be weak, be fatigued, be faint, be listless," from PIE *langu-, from root *sleg- "be slack, be languid." Related: Languidly; languidness.
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