faint1/fent; feInt/adj 1 difficult to see, hear, or smell 模糊的﹔微弱的﹔暗淡的: a faint noise 微弱的声响2 faint possibility/chance/hope etc a very small possibility etc 极小的可能性/机会/希望等: There's a faint hope they are still alive. 尚存一线希望﹐他们可能还活着。3 if you feel faint, you feel weak and unsteady 虚弱无力的﹔昏眩的: +with He was faint with hunger. 他饿得头昏眼花。4 not have the faintest idea (what/how etc) informal to not know anything at all about something【非正式】根本不知道(什么/如何等) —faintly adv
faint2v [I] if you faint, you become unconscious for a short time 晕倒﹐昏厥 —faint n [C]