(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Faint

(n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.

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• The next instant I threw myself through, and lay half-fainting upon the other side. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Oliver availed himself of the kind permission, and fell to the floor in a fainting fit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I am not hysterical, nor given to fainting. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Now, do be quiet, Maurice, or you'll be fainting again. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Night fell upon us before we reached our goal, and, almost fainting from weariness and weakness, we lay down and slept. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• In his heat and triumph, and in his knowledge that I had been nearly fainting, he did not remark on my reception of all this. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A man has entered our bedroom, answered I, and Martha was thinking about fainting! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I saw the case was a fainting-fit, not necessarily dangerous. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She gave a strange cry, turned and clung to him, sinking her face on his breast, fainting in him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And I must say, I think she was used very hardly; for your sister scolded like any fury, and soon drove her into a fainting fit. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Then he fell back into an arm-chair so limp and exhausted with his own emotions that we had to pour brandy down his throat to keep him from fainting. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The word roused the failing, fainting spirit. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• They mark'd him as he onward prest, With fainting heart and weary limb; Kind voices bade him turn and rest, And gentle faces welcomed him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A viper--a fiddlestick, said Miss Sharp to the old lady, almost fainting with astonishment. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• After he was gone, Rosamond tried to get up from her seat, but fell back fainting. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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