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languor

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lan·guor /ˈlæŋɡə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable] literary  1 a pleasant feeling of laziness 慵懒,懒洋洋 Lying there beside her, he was filled with an agreeable languor. 躺在她的身边,他感到慵懒而惬意。2 NICEwhen the air is heavy and there is no wind 〔空气〕沉闷 the languor of a hot afternoon 炎热午后的憋闷languorous adjectivelanguorously adverbOrigin languor (1200-1300) Old French Latin, from languere; → LANGUISH
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languor
languor /ˈlæŋɡə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable] literary
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: Latin, from languere; languish
1. a pleasant feeling of laziness:
    Lying there beside her, he was filled with an agreeable languor.
2. when the air is heavy and there is no wind:
    the languor of a hot afternoon
—languorous adjective
—languorously adverb


lan·guorBrE /ˈlæŋɡə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlæŋɡər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, singular] (literary) the pleasant state of feeling lazy and without energy 懒洋洋;慵懒A delicious languor was stealing over him. 一种美滋滋懒洋洋的感觉悄悄传遍他的全身。🔊🔊 lan·guor·ous BrE /ˈlæŋɡərəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlæŋɡərəs/ 🔊 adjectivea languorous pace of life慢悠悠的生活节奏 lan·guor·ous·ly BrE /ˈlæŋɡərəsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlæŋɡərəsli/ 🔊 adverb