cloy
GRE,1
英[klɒɪ]
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日语:クロイ
法语:perdre son charme
德语:süßlich
韩语:잔뜩 먹이다
俄语:empalagar
牛津词典
verb
- (过量而)让人腻烦
to start to become slightly disgusting or annoying, because there is too much of it
- After a while, the rich sauce begins to cloy.
过了一会儿,浓味沙司开始显得油腻了。
词形变化
过去式:cloyed 现在分词:cloying 名词复数形式:cloys 第三人称单数:cloys 过去分词:cloyed
双语例句
- The smell of her cheap perfume soon began to cloy.
她身上那廉价香水的味道理很快就让人腻烦起来。
语源
late Middle English: shortening of obsolete accloystop up, choke, from Old French encloyerdrive a nail into, from medieval Latin inclavare, from clavusa nail