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sticky

/stik-ee/US // ˈstɪk i //UK // (ˈstɪkɪ) //

粘稠的,黏糊糊的,粘性,粘稠

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    stick·i·er, stick·i·est.

    • : having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
    • : covered with adhesive or viscid matter: sticky hands.
    • : hot and humid: It was an unbearably sticky day.
    • : requiring careful treatment; awkwardly difficult: a rather sticky diplomatic problem; Breaking the news is going to be sticky.
    • : Informal. unpleasant; unfortunate; nasty: The villain of the story meets a sticky end.
n.名词 noun
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    plural stick·ies.

    • : one of a number of small sheets of paper on a pad, each having an adhesive backing that allows it to be positioned and repositioned on smooth surfaces.

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Examples

  • For most insects, the sticky, slingshot ride straight into a frog’s mouth spells the end.

  • The dietitian left her recommendations for Johnson on sticky notes and filed them electronically.

  • Sugiura confirmed that the beetles were actively escaping from the frog’s digestive tract by using sticky wax to fix some beetles’ legs together.

  • When threatened, these ocean creatures ooze a sticky mucus that can glow blue for days.

  • So far, they have reported that the lungs are filled with sticky mucus.

  • Paddle8 already has a “sticky collector base who are addicted to the site,” he says.

  • Empty cigarette packs, liquor bottles, containers sticky with food residue covered the floor.

  • She is equally desirous of Levine, as animalistic and eager to consume him while sticky with sanguine fluid.

  • That was cold, and I was covered in sticky blood in winter in England, on a castle wall.

  • Each of them was coated in something resembling a gray, sticky batter.

  • How could this be done so that our clothing would be made water-tight and yet not be sticky in summer or stiff in winter?

  • The sheets of rubber from which the uppers and soles are cut are at this stage of the work plastic and very sticky.

  • Nothing more innocent-appearing yet more villainously sticky have I ever before encountered.

  • "These, madam," said I, handing her a small plush bag into which I had poured the "salvage" taken from my sticky palms.

  • Presently fingers came in contact with certain matter, which was thick and sticky to the touch.