clampy

发音

UK /ˈklæmpi/
US /ˈklæmpi/

词形变化

more clampy 比较级 most clampy 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Resembling a clamp; clamp-like.

    The hermit crab must somehow sqeeze, His clampy claws and knobby knees

    She held up the little metal clampy thing and squeezed the ends together.

    The coffee table is a cluttered smorgasbord of medical shit - tubes and tapes and bags and scissors and clampy things.

  2. 2.

    unwieldy, clumsy, hard to wield or control (of hands).

    His hands grew clampy with cold.

    Her hands were clampy, speech unsure and eyes half-closed.

    The reptiles roared, throwing their heads back in exultation, and threw away their useless weapons, which they could no longer hold efficiently with their clampy hands.

词源

From clamp + -y.

来源:wiktionary