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cling v.紧抓住；舍不得放弃 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. 【记】音：抠拎，抠住拎着的东西【相关】linger 逗留, 闲荡, 拖延

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[kliŋ] 【英】 v. 紧抓住(hold on tightly);舍不得放弃(unwillin g to abandon)【例】 cling to a belief, an opinion v. (通过抓、粘、抱或缠绕的方式)紧抓住; (感情上的)坚持【例】The baby clung to his mother 宝宝紧紧偎着他的妈妈. She is of a clinging sort 她是那种依靠别人的人.

单词	cling
音标	[kliŋ]
解释	v.紧抓住；舍不得放弃
红宝书	【英】 v. 紧抓住(hold on tightly);舍不得放弃(unwillin g to abandon) 【例】 cling to a belief, an opinion
字源	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.
不择手段背单词	v. (通过抓、粘、抱或缠绕的方式)紧抓住; (感情上的)坚持【例】The baby clung to his mother 宝宝紧紧偎着他的妈妈. She is of a clinging sort 她是那种依靠别人的人.
趣味全助记	【记】音：抠拎，抠住拎着的东西【相关】linger 逗留, 闲荡, 拖延

Cling V English Past Danish German Kliŋ V.紧抓住；舍不得放弃