gooey

FREQ #25202

a. 胶粘的, 自作多情的 n. 胶粘物, 性格软弱的人

发音

UK /ˈɡuːi/
US /ˈɡui/
US

词形变化

gooeys 复数 gooeys gooies gooies 复数 gooeyer 比较级 gooeyer gooeyest gooier gooiest gooier 比较级 gooeyest 最高级 gooiest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thing which is soft or viscous, and sticky.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    A person who is regarded as weak or worthless; a fool.

    过时 贬义 比喻 非正式
  3. 3.

    A person who favours closer relationships with other people and less structured settings, rather than formal, organized settings; also, an educational approach, curriculum, etc., which is less structured.

    美国 比喻 非正式 教育 心理学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having the consistency of goo: soft or viscous, and sticky.

    非正式

    gooey liquid covered the floor

    The cookies, soft and gooey, proved a smash hit at the party.

  2. 2.

    Emotional or sentimental, especially to an excessive extent; mushy, soppy.

    比喻 非正式
  3. 3.

    Distasteful, unpleasant.

    古体 比喻 非正式

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

icky

近义相关 1

adhesive

相关短语

gooey butter cake gooey butter cakes

词源

Etymology tree English burgoo? Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue? English goo Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -ey English gooey The adjective is derived from goo + -ey (a variant of -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’)). The noun is derived from the adjective.

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