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clammy

/klam-ee/US // ˈklæm i //UK // (ˈklæmɪ) //

黏糊糊的,黏黏糊糊的,黏黏糊糊,黏糊糊

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    clam·mi·er, clam·mi·est.

    • : covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
    • : sickly; morbid: She had a clammy feeling that something was wrong at home.

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Examples

  • All this neurological mumbo-jumbo creates a clammy atmosphere for what is, at its heart, a tender story about a child who responds to the plight of our planet just as passionately as we all should.

  • High temperatures are chilly and clammy, in the upper 50s to perhaps mid-60s if we see more sunshine than currently expected.

  • Low temperatures bottom out in the low to mid-50s, with that clammy feeling to the moistening air.

  • The thick fish smell wafted through the soupy air, and my skin went clammy.

  • Beads of sweat now covered his forehead, and his arms and legs were clammy.

  • We do not need to revisit the clammy atelier of science class.

  • Lately, beneath the lights, Abramovic looks clammy and bloodless.

  • Until the threshold of 270 was crossed, the stillness of the clammy night continued to hang over the city.

  • She had come close to the trembling old man, and put one of her hands on his cold, clammy one.

  • Then, with a clammy shudder, young Warlow thought of the agony and speedy death that was certain to follow.

  • But, as the clammy leaves swept upon his face, there was a loud, vibrating report.

  • It started out with sticky oatmeal, and ended with clammy cakes, between which was much horror.

  • When first his hand, warm in life, touched the clammy flesh of a corpse, he shuddered.