Cling
[klɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
(verb.) hold on tightly or tenaciously; 'hang on to your father's hands'; 'The child clung to his mother's apron'.
(verb.) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; 'The dress clings to her body'; 'The label stuck to the box'; 'The sushi rice grains cohere'.
(verb.) to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; 'He clings to the idea that she might still love him.'.
以利沙整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.
(v. t.) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
(v. t.) To make to dry up or wither.
(n.) Adherence; attachment; devotion.
校對:露辛达
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Adhere, hold, stick, cleave, be attached, hold fast.
伊恩校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Fasten, hold, adhere, embrace, stick, cleave, hang, twine, hug
ANT:Drop, recede, secede, apostatize, abandon, relax, forego, swerve, surrender
手打:利蒂希娅
解釋/意思:
v.i. to adhere or stick close by winding round: to adhere in interest or affection: to remain by an opinion: of wood to shrink.—v.t. to attach: to shrivel:—pa.t. and pa.p. clung.—n. adherence.—adjs. Cling′stone having the pulp adhering firmly to the stone (of peaches)—opp. to Freestone; Cling′y sticky.
阿伊达整理
例句/造句/用法:
- They cling to some arrangement, hoping against experience that a government freed from human nature will automatically produce human benefits. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Why should you cling so hard to that wretched life of yours, Sergius? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- And can you cling to gaiety so eagerly as to walk all the way to a village festival in search of it? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Did she not rush down, and cling to you to save you from danger? 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- To these things men's minds clung, and they clung to them because in all the world there appeared nothing else so satisfying to cling to. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Yet I must cling to it; perhaps it will kill me soon, and thus perform a thankful office. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She remembered Gerty's words: I know him--he will help you; and her mind clung to them as a sick person might cling to a healing relic. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- A look of terror came over the sweet smiling face, and she clung to George as by an instinct. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I hate my room at Aunt Julia's--so I came here---- She stirred suddenly, broke from her apathy, and clung to Gerty in a fresh burst of fear. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- There was a pretty woman at the back of the shop, dancing a little child in her arms, while another little fellow clung to her apron. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I clung to my ferocious habits, yet half despised them; I continued my war against civilization, and yet entertained a wish to belong to it. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She clung round my neck, calling me by every dear name she could think of and saying what should she do without me! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The old man clung to his daughter during this sickness. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She trusted and clung to me again. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She fell upon her knees, and clinging to this stroller's child looked up at her almost with veneration. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- A crowd of little children were gathered round a bright fire, clinging to their mother's gown, and gambolling around her chair. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Dora, clinging to them both, and weeping, exclaimed, 'O yes, aunts! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I was conscious that every other sentiment, regret, or passion had by degrees merged into a yearning, clinging affection for them. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- They would do something to throw off the clinging evil, and, while in action, they fancied that a remedy was applied. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The boy was still clinging by her side, but she thought of another besides him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- William, she said, suddenly clinging to Dobbin, who was near her, you've always been very kind to me--I'm--I'm not well. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- This is now a tainted place, and I well know the taint of it clings to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I know where your heart turns and to what it clings. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- You can see the color of his hair--faded, somewhat--by this thin shred that clings still to the temple. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But our reverence clings to the vessels. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- My old superstition clings to me, even yet. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Moreover, ineradicable connection with the changing, the inexplicably shifting, and with the manifold, the diverse, clings to experience. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- That peasant is more than a symbol of the privacy of human interest: he is a warning against the incurable romanticism which clings about the idea of a revolution. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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