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faintly

/feynt/US // feɪnt //UK // (feɪnt) //

隐约可见,隐隐约约地,隐约地,隐隐约约

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    faint·er, faint·est.

    • : lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
    • : feeble or slight: faint resistance; faint praise; a faint resemblance.
    • : feeling weak, dizzy, or exhausted; about to lose consciousness: faint with hunger.
    • : lacking courage; cowardly; timorous: Faint heart never won fair maid.
    • : Law. unfounded: a faint action.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to lose consciousness temporarily.
    • : to lose brightness.
    • : Archaic. to grow weak; lose spirit or courage.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon: to fall into a faint.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
casually随便说说,随便,随意,胡乱地delicately娇滴滴地,巧妙地,娇艳地,娇嫩地easily很容易,容易,轻松地,轻松freely自如的,自如地,自如,自由自在gingerly轻轻地,缓慢地,轻轻的,怯生生地mildly轻度,温和地,温和的,温和moderately中度,适度,中等,中等程度quietly悄悄地,静静地,悄悄的,安静地simply只是,只是单纯的,只是简单的,只是简单地slightly略有,稍微,稍微有点,略微softly轻轻地,轻轻的,柔和地,轻轻地说sparsely稀少的,稀少,稀疏地,稀疏的subtly巧妙地,巧妙的,巧妙,微妙地tenderly温柔地,温柔的,温柔地对待,轻轻地thinly薄薄地,薄薄的,稀疏地,稀疏agilely敏捷地,灵活地,敏捷的,敏捷airily轻轻地,气喘吁吁,飘飘然,气喘吁吁地breezily微风拂面,微风吹拂,轻轻地,微风拂过carelessly不经意地,不经意间,不小心,不经意的daintily潇洒地,潇洒的,潇洒,淡淡地ethereally空灵的,精神上,空灵,空灵地flippantly草草地,草草了事,胡乱地,胡乱frivolously轻率地,轻率,轻狂,轻浮heedlessly漫不经心地,漫不经心,不经意地,漫不经心的indifferently漠然地,冷漠地,漠然,漠视地leniently宽大地,宽松地,宽厚地,宽大处理nimbly敏捷地,飘逸地,飘飘然地,飘逸peacefully平静地,和平地,平安地,平静的readily随时随地,随时,辄,欣然slightingly微微地,稍微,稍微有点,微微smoothly顺利地,平稳地,顺利的,顺利sparingly节省,稀少的,稀少,稀少地tenuously勉强,勉强地,勉强的,切实thoughtlessly不经意地,不加思索地,不经意间,漫不经心地timidly怯懦地,怯怯地,胆怯地,怯生生地unsubstantially非实质性,非实质性的,非实质性地,毫无意义的well很好,良好的,好的,好

Examples

  • It’s a tricky job, because ORCS are very faint and difficult to find.

  • Arecibo was more than an exquisitely sensitive ear tuned to pick up faint radio waves from deep space.

  • With such a huge dish to collect radio waves, Arecibo could see very faint objects and phenomena.

  • I would frequently feel faint after standing for only a few minutes at a time.

  • Most stars are too far and too faint to show up as anything but a point.

  • The system faintly evokes the charm of the Hogwarts houses—without a Sorting Hat, that is.

  • Says my wife, returning from the shower be-robed, towel-turbaned, and still smelling faintly of not-made-from-concentrate.

  • The facts are not faintly controversial for those who believe in reality: vaccination saves lives, families, and dollars.

  • The camera homes in on a young boy peering out the window, his face faintly visible through its steel security bars.

  • If you listened closely during the bleep, you could faintly hear Jacqueline Bissett still giving her speech.

  • "Yes, Alessandro," she answered faintly, the gusts sweeping her voice like a distant echo past him.

  • There was a band playing down at Klein's hotel, and the strains reached them faintly, tempered by the distance.

  • Presently the Hole-keeper stopped short and said, faintly, "It strikes me the sun is very hot here."

  • She reached out and took the cigarette from Mrs. Kaye's faintly resisting hand.

  • Winifred, indeed, in response to a question, said faintly that she thought she could keep going if she had a drink of milk.