单词 | cloying |
释义 | cloying From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcloyingcloy‧ing /ˈklɔɪ-ɪŋ/ adjective1 ANNOYa cloying attitude or quality annoys you because it is too sweet or nice cloying sentimentality2 SICK/VOMITcloying food or smells are sweet and make you feel sick the thick cloying smell of cheap perfume► see thesaurus at sweet —cloyingly adverbExamples from the Corpuscloying• The novel's plot is interesting, but the dialogue is just too cloying.• As a pie filling it is rich and dark without the cloying and heavy qualities of mincemeat.• There was a cloying fusty smell rising from below, like drying clothes.• I got up, thick-headed, with a cloying mouth.• These deep colours have an oppressiveness which is neither cloying nor mournful but richly potent.• the cloying smell of cheap perfumeOrigin cloying (1500-1600) cloy “to be cloying” ((16-21 centuries)), from accloy “to make unable to walk” ((14-18 centuries)), from Old French encloer “to drive a nail in”, from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin clavus “nail” |
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