fainting

英 [ˈfeɪntɪŋ]

美 [ˈfeɪntɪŋ]

v.  昏厥
faint的现在分词

现在分词：fainting　复数：faintings　

BNC.46264 / COCA.34752

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (声音、颜色、标记、感觉或特性)微弱的，暗淡的，虚弱的
  Afaintsound, colour, mark, feeling, or quality has very little strength or intensity.
  1. He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping...
     他开始注意到轻微的水滴声。
  2. The room held the faint, sweet odour of pipe tobacco...
     房间内有烟斗烟丝的淡淡馨香。
  3. He could see faint lines in her face...
     他可以看见她脸上的细纹。
  4. There was still the faint hope deep within him that she might never need to know.
     他内心深处仍怀有一丝隐约的希望：她也许永远不必知晓。
• ADJ-GRADED 不尽力的;敷衍的;半心半意的
  Afaintattempt at something is one that is made without proper effort and with little enthusiasm.
  1. Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh...
     卡罗琳敷衍地笑了一下。
  2. A faint smile crossed the Monsignor's face and faded quickly...
     一丝敷衍的微笑从那位大人脸上掠过，很快就消失了。
  3. Ten years ago today the US Center for Disease Control published the first faint warnings of a worldwide epidemic.
     10年前的今天，美国疾病控制中心敷衍其事地发出了第一份警告：一场世界范围的流行病可能会出现。
• VERB 晕厥;晕倒
  If youfaint, you lose consciousness for a short time, especially because you are hungry, or because of pain, heat, or shock.
  1. She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted...
     她突然向前栽倒在桌上，晕了过去。
  2. I thought he'd faint when I kissed him.
     我以为吻他的时候他会晕倒呢。
  3. Faintis also a noun.
     
  4. She slumped to the ground in a faint.
     她一阵晕眩，跌倒在地。
• ADJ-GRADED 晕眩的;虚弱无力的
  Someone who isfaintfeels weak and unsteady as if they are about to lose consciousness.
  1. Other signs of angina are nausea, sweating, feeling faint and shortness of breath.
     心绞痛的其他征兆有恶心、出汗、头昏和气短。

双语例句

• The girl reporter obliged Hearst by "fainting" in the main street.
  那位女记者在大街上昏厥过去，帮了赫斯特一个大忙。
• Another would put him in dire danger of fainting.
  再来几次估计就有要晕倒的危险了。
• When they arrived at the camp, the refugees were almost fainting from hunger.
  难民到达难民营时，几乎饿昏过去了。
• If I can help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.
  如果我可以帮助一只昏迷的知更鸟重回它的小窝，我就算没有虚度光阴。
• Brother, are you fainting in prayer?
  弟兄姊妹，你对于祷告已经灰心了吗？
• In extreme heat, vulnerable people are at risk of fainting or even slipping into a coma.
  在极端的热浪中，易受影响的人有晕倒，甚至渐渐昏迷的危险。
• I had to retire to my Victorian fainting couch with smelling salts after that one.
  看完那一段，我不禁幻想出我回到维多利亚那个在问到盐的味道而晕厥在沙发上的时代。
• Machinery slackened; throbbing feebly like a fainting pulse; stopped.
  机器慢下来了；震动得象微弱的脉搏那样无力；最后停止了。
• Symptoms of rheumatic heart disease include: shortness of breath, fatigue, irregular heart beats, chest pain and fainting.
  风湿性心脏病的症状包括：气短、易疲劳、心率不齐、胸痛和眩晕。
• Sometimes, both heart rate and blood pressure can fall simultaneously, as happens with a typical fainting episode.
  有时，心率和血压可以同时下降，晕倒事件就是一个典型的例子。