faint
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousnessLacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
» She fainted when she saw blood.
При виде крови она упала в обморок.
Значение
значений: 6Lacking 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.
kraftlos, schwach
сла́быйslábyj
weak and likely to lose consciousness
Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
ängstlich
сла́быйslábyj, слабоне́рвныйslabonérvnyj
lacking conviction or boldness or courage
Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
There was a faint red light in the distance.
unsicher, unentschlossen
ту́склыйtúsklyj
тьмя́нийtʹmjányj
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.
faint efforts
faint resistance
вя́лыйvjályj
lacking strength or vigor
Slight; minimal.
a faint chance
(архаичное)Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
Примеры
предложений: 343She fainted when she saw blood.
При виде крови она упала в обморок.
She was on verge of fainting.
Она была на грани обморока.
Tom was on verge of fainting.
Том был на грани обморока.
I was on verge of fainting.
Я был на грани обморока.
On hearing the news, Tom fainted.
Услышав новость, Том потерял сознание.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 4
По значениям 3
Происхождение
From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned;From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned; negligent; sluggish”), past participle of feindre, faindre (“to feign; sham; work negligently”), from Latin fingere (“to touch, handle, form, shape, frame, form in thought, imagine, conceive, contrive, devise, feign”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). Cognate with feign and fiction and more distantly dough.
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Формы
fainter, faintestСинонимы
синонимов: 28- lacking conviction or boldness or courage:faintheartedtimidfaint-hearted
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc:weak
- lacking strength or vigor:feeble
- weak and likely to lose consciousness:lightswooninglight-headedlightheaded
- lacking clarity or distinctness:dimshadowyvaguewispy
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 12Уроки к слову
уроков: 2- A2Сравнительная степень — Потому что у него есть сравнительная степень
- A2Превосходная степень — Потому что у него есть превосходная степень
Сочетаемость
шаблонов: 5- going to faint
- the faintest idea
- faintest idea what
- faintest idea
- have the faintest