After the lecture, several students lingered in the auditorium to discuss the complex theories with the professor.
讲座结束后，几名学生在礼堂里逗留，与教授讨论那些复杂的理论。
The opening paragraph of the short story lingers on a detailed description of a cluttered, dusty attic, a setting that reappears, unchanged, in the story's final paragraph after the protagonist has undergone a significant personal transformation.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “linger”?
C — Stay for a long time. “linger” means stay for a long time.
Which word means “stay for a long time”?
C — linger. “linger” means stay for a long time.
linger — stay for a long time. In Chinese: 逗留，徘徊.
linger is pronounced /ˈlɪŋɡər/.
After the lecture, several students lingered in the auditorium to discuss the complex theories with the professor. (讲座结束后，几名学生在礼堂里逗留，与教授讨论那些复杂的理论。)
remain, persist, tarry — all close in meaning to linger (stay for a long time).
depart, leave — each the opposite of linger (stay for a long time).
Yes. linger is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
linger(remain, wander)