Not leaving yet. The moment to go has already passed, and you — or a smell, a sound, a feeling — are still here, staying on past the point where things usually end.
From the word’s history
From Middle English lengeren, a frequentative of lengen (to stay, tarry), from Old English lengan — to lengthen, to make longer, to delay. The core is literally length: linger is time being stretched past where it should have stopped.
linger 來自中古英語 lengeren，是 lengen（停留、耽擱）的反覆體，再往前是古英語 lenġan——「加長、延長、拖延」。也就是說這個字骨子裡就是 long（長）那一家的親戚。知道這一點，整個字就通了：linger 不是「停下來」，是「把時間拉長」。該結束的地方被硬生生拉出一截尾巴，那截尾巴就是 linger。
Wiktionary, "linger" (English verb): Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen < Old English lenġan ("to lengthen, delay, extend") < Proto-Germanic *langijaną
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
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Lingername
- 1
A surname.
lingerverb/ˈlɪŋɡɚ/
- 1
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
- Still more foole I ſhall appeare / By the time I linger here
- His tone lingered in the air, almost like the tone of a musical instrument.
- 2
To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
- He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down.
- During his absence the queen fell ill, and after lingering for some time she died.
- 3
To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
- Trump doesn't linger on the poll.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。