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cling

/kling/US // klɪŋ //UK // (klɪŋ) //

粘住,黏住,粘着,黏着

Related Words

fasten紧固,系紧,紧紧抓住,固定clasp扣住,扣住了,扣住不放,抱箍adhere坚持,坚持不懈,粘着,粘附grip抓紧时间,抓牢,抓紧,握住hug拥抱,抱抱,搂抱,抱团last最后一次,最后一个,最后,最后的linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前clutch离合器,离合,攥紧,攥住continue继续,继续说,延续,继续进行embrace拥抱,怀抱,搂抱,搂着stick棍子,棒子,棍棒,杆子cherish珍惜,珍视,爱惜,珍爱grasp掌握,把握,把握住,握住cohere黏合,粘连,凝聚,粘着squeeze挤压,挤兑,挤压式,挤出endure经受住了,忍受,忍耐,忍受着cleave to倾心于,倾心于此,契合,倾心hang in挂在,悬挂在,悬挂于,挂在这里stay put不要动,别动,停住不动

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    clung [kluhng], /klʌŋ/, cling·ing.

    • : to adhere closely; stick to: The wet paper clings to the glass.
    • : to hold tight, as by grasping or embracing; cleave: The children clung to each other in the dark.
    • : to be or remain close: The child clung to her mother's side.
    • : to remain attached, as to an idea, hope, memory, etc.: Despite the predictions, the candidate clung to the belief that he would be elected.
    • : to cohere.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbattach to
Forms: clinging, clung
Synonyms
adhere坚持,坚持不懈,粘着,粘附clasp扣住,扣住了,扣住不放,抱箍fasten紧固,系紧,紧紧抓住,固定cherish珍惜,珍视,爱惜,珍爱clutch离合器,离合,攥紧,攥住cohere黏合,粘连,凝聚,粘着continue继续,继续说,延续,继续进行embrace拥抱,怀抱,搂抱,搂着endure经受住了,忍受,忍耐,忍受着grasp掌握,把握,把握住,握住grip抓紧时间,抓牢,抓紧,握住hug拥抱,抱抱,搂抱,抱团last最后一次,最后一个,最后,最后的linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前squeeze挤压,挤兑,挤压式,挤出stick棍子,棒子,棍棒,杆子be true to忠实于,忠于,吻合,符合cleave to倾心于,倾心于此,契合,倾心freeze to冻结到,冻结至,冻结在,冻住了hang in挂在,悬挂在,悬挂于,挂在这里hang onto捉住,坚守,挂在,拘守hold fast坚守,坚守住,坚守岗位,坚持stay put不要动,别动,停住不动stick like glue如胶似漆,粘如胶似漆,粘连如胶,粘如胶水

Examples

  • But the fact of the matter is the equal protection they cling to is not the reality.

  • Yet instead of disbelieving that the facts will set us free, we cling to them as if they were spoils of war.

  • Democrats cling to only to handful of redoubts, often districts gerrymandered by Republican legislatures to be majority black.

  • Without Dawn and her desperate need to cling to power, the evil place falls apart.

  • The sharply tailored blazer and weighty jewelry that cling to her body hints at the dominant personality she possesses.

  • Life is represented as struggling to free herself from the gross earthly forms that cling to her.

  • It is wonderful how long a withered leaf will sometimes cling to its branch.

  • These had a ghostly effect on Yung Pak, and made him cling closely to the side of his tutor.

  • Even when the new have been adopted we very often find that something of the ancient and discarded notions cling in our phrases.

  • We occupy too wide an extent of country: we exhaust our resources without profit and without necessity: we cling to dreams.

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