languor

languor
[ˈlaŋgə]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia
    衰弱无力;安逸闲适
    he remembered the languor and warm happiness of those golden afternoons.
    他想起那些美好午后里安逸和温暖的幸福。
  2. an oppressive stillness of the air
    沉闷,压抑
    the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor.
    午后燥热,寂静,沉闷。
派生
languorous
adjective
languorously
adverb
语源
  1. Middle English: via Old French from Latin, from languere (see languish). The original sense was 'illness, disease, distress', later 'faintness, lassitude'; current senses date from the 18th cent., when such lassitude became associated with a sometimes rather self-indulgent romantic yearning
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