Sticky British English Stickiness Informal Made Surfaces A
This flashcard defines "stickiness" as the state, quality, or characteristic of being sticky, meaning something that adheres to surfaces or is difficult to get rid of. It also covers figurative uses, like a "sticky situation" which is difficult or awkward.
This flashcard defines "stickiness" as the state, quality, or characteristic of being sticky, meaning something that adheres to surfaces or is difficult to get rid of. It also covers figurative uses, like a "sticky situation" which is difficult or awkward.
1made of or covered with a substance that sticks to surfaces: There’s some sticky stuff in your hair. a sticky floorsticky tape/label etc British English (=tape etc that is made so it will stick to surfaces)2weather that is sticky makes you feel uncomfortably hot, wet, and dirtySYN humid: It was hot and sticky and there was nowhere to sit.3a sticky situation, question, or problem is difficult or dangerous: a sticky political issuesticky patch British English The business hit a sticky patch and lost £4.8 million.4a website that is sticky is interesting to the people looking at it and makes them want to look at it for a long period of time5have sticky fingers informal to be likely to steal something6come to/meet a sticky end British English informal to die in a violent way7be on a sticky wicket British English informal to be in a situation that will cause problems for you—stickiness noun [uncountable]
WDF
stickiness
['stɪkɪnəs]
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NOUN25927
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粘性(90%)，粘住(10%)
n.粘性；胶粘
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