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单词 claggy
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Definition of claggy in English:

claggy

adjective ˈklaɡi
British dialect
  • Tending to form clots; sticky.

    claggy mud
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most of the traditional rugby powers - the ones that have made the last eight of this World Cup - have a slightly claggy, earthbound feel about them.
    • This is especially useful if the garden is in a cold spot and prone to late frosts or if wet weather has made the soil claggy.
    • But it's hard to rush when your feet are claggy with thick black clay mud from trying to drag the mailman, on his weekly run from Cloncurry, out of the sticky quagmire that the main road to Burketown turns into every wet season.
    • When it's straight out of the fridge it's like claggy cotton wool, so allow it to sit out in a cool place for 15 minutes before using it.
    • We left them for a field side path that optimistically is a margin path in the making, but was claggy on the boots.
    • By the time they got to the dining room, the dumplings were claggy and stuck to the steamers and the molluscs were all gone.
    • They're only dancing slowly, mind, because their feet are sticking to the claggy mat.
    Synonyms
    sticky, sticking, adhering, adherent, clinging, tacky, gluey, gummy, gummed, cohesive, viscous, viscid, glutinous, mucilaginous

Origin

Late 16th century: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish klag 'sticky mud'.

 
 
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