cloying

a. 厌烦的；倒胃口的；因过量而厌烦的

发音

US /ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/

词形变化

more cloying 比较级 most cloying 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of cloy

adj.
  1. 1.

    Unpleasantly excessive.

    The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.

    It was a cloying sense of deja vu attached to the team that finished seventh last season, 22 points off the top and drastically in need of some more dynamism.

  2. 2.

    Excessively sweet.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

saccharine syrupy treacly

近义相关 1

sweet

词源

By surface analysis, cloy + -ing.

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