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cling
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- Conjugation :
past
clung
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ing
clinging
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Derivatives :
n
clinger
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adj
clingy
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adv
clingingly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- cling
[klɪŋ]
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1.
vi.
[+person]
[ object]
to cling (on)to 紧紧抓住
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2.
vi.
[+idea]
[ belief]
坚持
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3.
vi.
[clothes]
[ dress+]
to cling to sb's body 紧紧地贴在身上
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- cling
[klɪŋ]
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1.
vi.
附着，紧贴，粘住
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It was a muggy day and his shirt clung to his sweat.
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天气闷热，他的衬衫和汗水紧紧黏在一起。
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The dress clings to her body.
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衣服紧紧贴在她身上。
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2.
vi.
坚持，墨守；留恋
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She was still clinging to the hope that the treatment would work.
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她仍然保有希望，希望这种疗法能够起效。
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He clings to the idea that she might still love him..
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他坚持认为她很可能依然爱他。
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3.
vi.
紧抓，紧握
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She clung tightly to her mother's skirt.
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她紧紧地抓住她母亲的裙子。
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4.
n.[u]
粘核
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Many people like to use cling-stone peaches for pickling.
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很多人喜欢用黏核的桃子来做腌菜。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- cling
[klɪŋ]
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1.
vi.
[intr]
[often foll by to]
to hold fast or adhere closely (to something), as by gripping or sticking
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2.
vi.
[foll by together]
to remain in contact (with each other)
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3.
vi.
to be or remain physically or emotionally close
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to cling to outmoded beliefs
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4.
n
[agriculture]
[chiefly US]
the tendency of cotton fibres in a sample to stick to each other
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5.
n
[agriculture]
[obsolete]
diarrhoea or scouring in animals
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6.
n
short for clingstone
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7.
n
[Etymology]
Old English clingan; related to clench
Examples
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to hold/hang/cling onto sth
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紧紧抓/握/揪住某物
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Crab lice are small, light brown, flat insects that cling to pubic hair.
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阴虱是附着在阴毛上的浅棕色的扁平小虫。
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I swear those two will cling together until the end of time.
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我发誓他们两个会永远相互忠诚。
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蝼蚁尚且偷生，何况人乎？
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Even the lowly cricket and ant cling to life, let alone a human being.
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顽固地坚持错误立场
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stubbornly cling to one's wrong position
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请不要再迷恋金迷纸醉的生活了。
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Do not cling to a life of luxury and dissipation.
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你别老揪住他的过失不放。
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Do not cling to his faults.
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礼法要尊重，但不能一味地死守。
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We should respect ceremonial rites and regulations, but needn't blindly cling to them.
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