(副词)黏人地;(情感上)过度依赖地;紧紧纠缠地。常带有轻微负面语气,表示不必要或让人不适的“黏着”。
/ˈklɪŋɪli/
来自动词 cling(紧抓、依附),先形成形容词 clingy(爱黏人的、黏糊的),再加副词后缀 -ly 变为 clingily,表示“以黏人的方式”。
She held his arm clingily and wouldn’t let go.
她黏黏地挽着他的胳膊,怎么也不肯放开。
As the goodbye stretched on, he spoke clingily, as if her leaving might erase him.
告别拖得越久,他说话就越显得黏人,仿佛她一走就会把他从世界里抹去。