clammy

C1 FREQ #29869

a. 湿粘的, 病态的

发音

US /ˈklæmi/

词形变化

clammier 比较级 clammier clammiest clammiest 最高级

释义与例句

adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.

    His hands were clammy from fright.

  2. 2.

    The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.

    医学

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

dank

近义相关 1

wet

相关短语

clammy goosefoot

词源

From Middle English clam (“viscous, sticky; slimy”) + -y, from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Compare German klamm (“clammy”) and klemmen (“to be stuck, stick”). See also clam.

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