clings

英 [klɪŋz]

美 [klɪŋz]

v.  抓紧; 紧握; 紧抱; 粘住; 附着; (尤指情感上)依恋，依附
cling的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 紧紧抓住;抱紧
  If youcling tosomeone or something, you hold onto them tightly.
  1. Another man was rescued as he clung to the riverbank...
     另外一个人因为紧紧攀住河堤而获救。
  2. She had to cling onto the door handle until the pain passed...
     她只好紧紧握住门把手，直到不疼了才松开。
  3. They hugged each other, clinging together under the lights.
     他们彼此拥抱，在灯光下紧紧相依。
• VERB 抓住(职位或财产)不放
  If someoneclings toa position or a possession they have, they do everything they can to keep it even though this may be very difficult.
  1. He appears determined to cling to power...
     看来他决心要抓住权力不放。
  2. Another minister clung on with a majority of only 18...
     另一位部长仅以18票的微弱优势保住了职位。
  3. Japan's productivity has overtaken America in some industries, but elsewhere the United States has clung on to its lead.
     在有些行业，日本的生产效率超过了美国，但在其他行业美国仍然保持着领先的地位。
• VERB (衣服)紧附，黏着
  Clothes thatcling toyou stay pressed against your body when you move.
  1. His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins.
     湿淋淋的裤子紧紧粘在他小腿上。
• VERB 黏附；粘住
  Something thatis clinging tosomething else is stuck on it or just attached to it.
  1. Her glass had bits of orange clinging to the rim.
     她的杯口上粘有些许橙汁。
• VERB 缠住;依附
  If someoneclings toa person they are fond of, they do not allow that person to be free or independent.
  1. I was terrified he would leave me, so I was clinging to him.
     我害怕他会离开我，所以缠着他不放。
• VERB 墨守，坚持(观念或行为方式)
  If youcling toan idea or way of behaving, you continue to believe in its value or importance, even though it may no longer be valid or useful.
  1. They know scholars reject their legend, but they still cling to their belief...
     尽管知道学者们不相信他们的传说，他们还是坚持自己的信仰。
  2. They're clinging to the past.
     他们对过去念念不忘。

双语例句

• Fog clings to the hollows.
  云雾附着在山谷中。
• He said a "faint acrid smell" clings to the surfaces of spacesuits and equipment used outside the space vehicles.
  他说，“微弱的辛辣气味”不放，以表面的太空服和设备使用的车辆以外的空间。
• The scent of the Dark Umbra clings to them, adding to the eerie mystery that shrouds them.
  暗影界影响紧随着他们，带给他们怪诞的神秘气息。
• The smell of smoke clings for a long time.
  烟味长久附着不散。
• She clings to a romantic fantasy of wedded bliss.
  她沉醉于婚后幸福的浪漫幻想。
• Firstly, they are only subjective, and the antithesis of an objective permanently clings to them.
  第一，认为思维规定只是主观的，永远有一客观的和它们对立。
• Now he knows differently, but he still clings to the idea of one god, one self, and one body through which to express it.
  现在他知道并非如此了，但他仍执著于一个神，一个自己，及藉以表达这自己的一个身体的这些概念。
• Though seriously ill, he still clings tenaciously to life.
  他虽病得很重，但仍顽强地活下去。
• Now you feel how nothing clings to you;
  现在你感觉没有什么附着于你；
• The evening has come. Weariness clings round me like the arms of entreating love.
  夜来到了，困乏像爱的恳求用双臂围抱住我。