faintadj詞源 1/feɪnt/

• 1

  Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

  • I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.
  • He almost fell faint due to the hot climate.
• 2

  Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.

  • Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
• 3

  Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.

  • There was a faint red light in the distance.
• 4

  Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.

  • faint efforts
  • faint resistance
• 5

  Slight; minimal.

  • a faint chance
  • do you have the faintest understanding of what they mean?
• 6

  archaicSickly, so as to make a person feel faint.

  • Happening to pass a fruiterer’s on their way; the door of which was open, though the shop was by this time shut; one of them remarked how faint the peaches smelled.

faintnoun詞源 1/feɪnt/

• 1

  The act of fainting, syncope.

  • She suffered another faint.
• 2

  rareThe state of one who has fainted; a swoon.

faintverb詞源 2/feɪnt/

• 1

  To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).

  • A fainting fit.
  • If I send them away fasting […] they will faint by the way.
• 2

  To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

  • If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
• 3

  To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

  • November 12, 1711, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.