单词 | gooey |
释义 | gooey (once / 33674 pages) adj Gooey things are drippy and soft, as well as sticky. Your very favorite dessert might be a huge, melty, gooey hot fudge sundae. Few things are more annoying than stepping on something gooey on the sidewalk, or getting a gooey piece of gum stuck in your hair. Gooey candy, likewise, might taste delicious but get stuck in your teeth. The informal gooey is the perfect way to describe these gummy, tacky substances, and it comes from American-coined slang, from goo, probably a shortened form of the now-obsolete burgoo, meaning "thick porridge." WORD FAMILYgooey: gooier, gooiest+/goo: gooey, goos USAGE EXAMPLESRemember not to overbake the blondies so they stay gooey and chewy, one of the last indulgences of the season. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) “When you break through the brown sizzling cap, you get a super gooey, creamy texture beneath,” Ms. Christensen said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) “The movie succeeds because it at once restrains its sticky, gooey good cheer and wildly overdoes it,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) adj soft and sticky Syn icky adhesive tending to adhere |
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