单词 | sticky |
释义 | sticky (stɪki ) Word forms: stickier , stickiest 1. adjective B1 A sticky substance is soft, or thick and liquid, and can stick to other things. Sticky things are covered with a sticky substance. ...sticky toffee. If the dough is sticky, add more flour. Peel away the sticky paper. Synonyms: adhesive, gummed, adherent, grippy stickiness uncountable noun ...the stickiness of her hands. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A sticky situation involves problems or is embarrassing. [mainly British, informal] Inevitably the transition will yield some sticky moments. Her research was going through a sticky patch. 3. adjective Sticky weather is unpleasantly hot and damp. ...four desperately hot, sticky days in the middle of August. Synonyms: humid, close, sultry, oppressive 4. to come to a sticky end phrase [VERB inflects] If someone comes to a sticky end or meets a sticky end, they suffer very badly or die in an unpleasant way. [British, informal] Arminius also came to a sticky end, murdered by his own troops. Idioms: come to a sticky end to die in an unpleasant or violent way Hassan comes to a sticky end, but so does almost everyone else in the book. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be on a sticky wicket or bat on a sticky wicket to be in a difficult situation in which you find it hard to deal with your problems Mr Hughes is batting on a very sticky wicket indeed. Should he succeed in proving his outrageous claims, he would lay himself open to a charge of treason. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: sticky floor Before the show many waited sitting on the sticky floor and a few stayed there all evening. Times, Sunday Times The various floating-matter particulates had all ended up getting stuck to the walls or settling on the sticky floor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sticky floors and gummy hands and steeplechases over seats; shouts, whistles, catcalls and cheers to raise the roof - real audience participation. Times, Sunday Times We had wrestled with nappies on the sticky floors of dark broom cupboards — how naive of us to imagine there might be changing tables in cafes and restaurants. Times, Sunday Times The sticky floors have been replaced with sleek stainless-steel furnishing, exposed brickwork, pipes and utilitarian fitness equipment. Times, Sunday Times Use a sticky label to name your truffles and wrap in festive wrapping paper with a gift tag. Times, Sunday Times His favoured means of transport was the bicycle and his preferred means of communication the sticky label. Times, Sunday Times The device also allows them to print out a sticky label with the adjusted price to put on the garment. Times, Sunday Times Tie plant labels to stems if possible, so that they don't get lost, or use a sticky label on each pot. Times, Sunday Times The markings are strips cut from sticky labels. Times, Sunday Times Use your hands to mix the sticky mixture together, forming it into a ball. Times, Sunday Times One pan should be heated for 45 minutes in order to reduce the liquid to a sticky mixture. The Sun Put all of the ingredients in a bowl and mix them together to give a soft, sticky mixture. The Sun Others made sticky mixtures that included honey or cedar rosin, to be applied to the os. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A sticky pad firmly secures the clip-on universal mount for compact digital cameras to your helmet. Times, Sunday Times A bait lures the insects onto a sticky pad. Times, Sunday Times As well as watches and expensive jewellery, the 200-item auction included a half-used sticky pad, golf shoes and a wetsuit. Times, Sunday Times Sticky pads from 12 sensors are stuck on my face and neck to measure eye movement and brain activity. The Sun Its column has large sticky pads to which sand and debris particles adhere. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has a secret identity and sticky stuff comes out of his wrists. The Sun Soak in water, peel off label, rub sticky stuff with eucalyptus oil on cotton wool. Times, Sunday Times The caterpillars of the large blue lie in the thyme, secreting sticky stuff that ants love. Times, Sunday Times Two sorts of slime: watery stuff, and thick, sticky stuff. Times, Sunday Times I have countless makeup-loving friends who insist that we do all that pricey sticky stuff because we like it. Christianity Today Particles visible on the rings suggest that the fungi exuded a sticky substance which helped to trap the prey, which it then digested. Times, Sunday Times They use birdlime, a sticky substance made from holly bark, to trap then sell them. The Sun Returning bees were covered in a sticky substance. Times, Sunday Times The bat, top right, was unable to fly because of the sticky substance over her. Times, Sunday Times The spermatia of rust fungi are covered with a sticky substance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A nest the size of a football, surrounded by a sticky web, hangs from a tree. Times, Sunday Times When an organisation needs to economise, it may find that outsiders have got it trapped in a sticky web of contracts. Times, Sunday Times They build sticky webs, and using their two bioluminescent lanterns as an attractant, capture flying prey. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It can bite through the threads and pull strongly with its legs, but can not escape from very sticky webs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spiders use a wide range of strategies to capture prey: trapping it in sticky webs, lassoing it with sticky bolas, mimicking the prey to avoid detection, or running it down. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 黏性的 Japanese: べとべとした |
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