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gluey

/gloo-ee/US // ˈglu i //

胶状的,胶粘的,胶质的,粘稠的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    glu·i·er, glu·i·est.

    • : like glue; viscid; sticky.
    • : full of or smeared with glue.

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Examples

  • The pasta stayed curly because the starchy pasta gets gluey as it cooks.

  • The gluey nature of cooked pasta helps lock in the twists by fusing neighboring grooves together, the researchers determined.

  • Birds eat their berries, which are coated in gluey material called viscin.

  • Van Ness studied the glisten on his yellow beard, the gluey softness of his blue eyes.

  • The fried sardines were succeeded by the regulation braised beef with the gluey brown sauce which grows in most foreign hotels.

  • In the summer season, however, the coating became soft and gluey, and was not comfortable to walk upon.

  • She covered his gluey face with kisses—mothers never being disgusted, from their caresses seeming to purify everything.

  • Ladanum is a varnish or gluey coating found on the leaves of Cistus creticus, which grows in Crete.