英汉词典

cling 基本解释

• vi. 坚持，墨守；紧贴；附着

cling 词态变化

cling 中文词源

来自PIE*glei,黏，粘，词源同clay,glue.

cling 英文词源

cling

cling: [OE] The basic underlying sense of cling seems to be ‘stick, adhere’, but surviving records of the word in Old English reveal it only in the more specialized senses ‘congeal’ or ‘shrivel’ (the notion being that loss of moisture causes something to contract upon itself or adhere more closely to a surface). It is not really until the late 13th century that the more familiar ‘adhere’ (as in ‘a wet shirt clinging to someone’s back’) begins to show itself, and no hint that ‘clinging’ is something a human being can do with his or her arms emerges before the early 17th century.

The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base *klingg-, whose variant *klengk- is the source of English clench [13] and clinch [16].
=> clench, clinch

cling (v.)

Old English clingan "hold fast, adhere closely; congeal, shrivel" (strong verb, past tense clang, past participle clungen), from Proto-Germanic *klingg- (cognates: Danish klynge "to cluster;" Old High German klinga "narrow gorge;" Old Norse klengjask "press onward;" Danish klinke, Dutch klinken "to clench;" German Klinke "latch").

The main sense shifted in Middle English to "adhere to" (something else), "stick together." Of persons in embrace, c. 1600. Figuratively (to hopes, outmoded ideas, etc.), from 1580s. Of clothes from 1792. Related: Clung; clinging.

cling 英文释义

1. fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

cling 同义词解析

insist, persist, persevere, adhere, cling

这些动词均有"坚持"之意。

insist： 通常用于对意见、主张等的坚持。

persist： 用于褒义指坚持继续做某事，但更常用于贬义，指不听劝告，顽固坚持。

persevere： 含褒义，强调坚持不懈的努力。

adhere与to连用，指坚持意见、计划或承诺等，含坚持不懈之意。

cling和to连用，指对信仰、意见、习惯等的坚持。

stick, glue, adhere, cling, cohere

这些动词均有"粘着，附着"之意。

stick： 常指用胶水或浆糊粘贴，词义引申指坚持。

glue与stick的本义相同，指用胶水把东西粘合在一起，没有"坚持"的含义。

adhere： 正式用词，语气较严肃刻板，既可指物体粘在一起，也可指坚持信仰或忠于事业等。

cling： 着重靠缠绕、紧抱、紧抓等方式而形成密切关系。也可作引申用。

cohere： 指物质微粒粘合在一起，成为不可分离的整体，强调所形成新物体的不可分割性。可引申指逻辑上的前后一致。

cling 双语例句

1. The birds cling to the wall and nibble at the brickwork.

鸟儿们紧贴在墙上，啄着砖缝。

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2. She had to cling onto the doorhandle until the pain passed.

她不得不抓紧门把手，直到那阵疼痛过去。

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3. 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。

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4. He appears determined to cling to power.

看来他决心要抓住权力不放。

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5. Members of a family should cling together in times of trouble.

一家人应该患难与共.

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cling 实用场景例句

She managed to cling on to life for another couple of years.

她顽强地又活了几年。

牛津词典

survivors clinging to a raft

紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

牛津词典

She clung on to her baby.

她紧紧抱住她的婴儿。

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Cling on tight!

紧紧抓住！

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They clung together, shivering with cold.

他们紧紧地抱在一起，冷得直发抖。

牛津词典

a dress that clings (= fits closely and shows the shape of your body)

紧身连衣裙

牛津词典

The wet shirt clung to his chest.

湿衬衫紧贴在他的胸部。

牛津词典

The smell of smoke still clung to her clothes.

烟味仍附着在她的衣服上不散。

牛津词典

After her mother's death, Sara clung to her aunt more than ever.

萨拉在母亲去世后比以往任何时候都更依附于她的姨妈。

牛津词典

Throughout the trial she had clung to the belief that he was innocent.

在整个审判中，她都坚持相信他是清白的。

牛津词典

He had one last hope to cling on to.

他还抱着最后的一线希望。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They're clinging to the past.

他们对过去念念不忘。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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Her glass had bits of orange clinging to the rim.

她的杯口上粘有些许橙汁。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins.

湿淋淋的裤子紧紧粘在他小腿上。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He appears determined to cling to power...

看来他决心要抓住权力不放。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

First , they cling to their old factional mentality and are politically subversive agitating against the Party.

他们坚持原来的帮派思想, 有一套煽惑性和颠覆性的政治主张.

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Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.

那信奉虚无之神的人,离弃怜爱他们的主;但我必用感谢的声音献祭与你.

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We discerned the figure of a man cling to the mast of the wrecked ship.

我们看见一人紧抱着破船的桅杆.

辞典例句

Here are ten technologies that be dead and buried , yet still cling to life.

这里列出了十大应该消失但依旧坚持出现在我们生活中的科技.

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Shaak Ti tenaciously continued to cling to life.

莎克·提的生命力可谓顽强持久.

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Wet clothes cling to the body.

湿衣服贴身.

《简明英汉词典》

Paw prints were seen in many places and puma fur was also found cling to bushes.

在许多地方看见了爪印,灌木丛中也发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛.

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The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret.

湖水将回绕在你的脚边,潺潺地说出它的秘密.

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I swear those two will cling together until the end of time.

我发誓他们两个会永远相互忠诚.

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