Lingering

Definition

linger / 'lÇŋgǝ(r) / v ၁။ တရစ္ဝဲဝဲေနသည္။ She was still lingering around (the theatre) long after the other fans had gone home. ၂။ အခ်ိန္ဆြဲသည္။ စိမ္ေနသည္။ linger (long) over one’s meal ❍ There’s no time to linger—it’ll soon be dark. ၃။ သက္ဆိုးရွည္သည္။ စြဲက်န္ေနသည္။ Though desperately ill he could linger on (ie not die) for months. ❍ The custom still lingers (on) in some parts of the country. ❍ The smell of her perfume lingered in the empty house. ❏ lingering adj (က) တာရွည္။ ၾကာရွည္။ a lingering illness နာတာရွည္။ ❍ a last lingering look. မခြဲႏိုင္မခြာရက္ (အၾကည့္)။ (ခ) စြဲက်န္ေနေသာ။ a few lingering doubts ❍ a lingering sense of guilt. ❏ lingeringly adv ခင္ခင္မြတ္မြတ္။ မခြဲႏိုင္မခြာရက္။

Examples

1. Many students lingered after class.
2. I like to linger over breakfast and read the newspapers.
3. [linger on] : She let her eyes linger on him.
4. The smell of fish lingered in the kitchen.
5. Doubts still linger about his honesty.
6. [linger in the mind/memory] : His face lingered in her memory.