languid

adjective
🔊/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
🔊/ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
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  1. moving slowly in an attractive way, not needing energy or effort慢悠悠的;慵懒的
    • a languid wave of the hand懒洋洋一挥手
    • a languid afternoon in the sun阳光下一个懒洋洋的下午
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally meaning weak or faint from illness or fatigue): from French languide or Latin languidus, from languere, related to laxus ‘loose, lax’.