n.(名词)

1. =cling stone，黏核的桃
2. 紧抓，紧贴
3. 坚持
4. 依附

v.(动词)

1. 紧抱，抱住，紧握
2. 坚持；固执；墨守
3. 黏住，缠住，绕住
4. 沿（岸）前进，贴着（墙）走
5. 赖住，依恋，依附，依靠
6. 守牢（家庭），抱定（希望） ，坚信
7. 粘在一起
8. 紧贴，靠近，附着于

v.(动词)

1. vi. 抱紧 hold tight
2. vi. 贴近 stay near
3. vi. 坚持 remain faithful to or in favor of an idea, etc.

Noun:

1. fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

Verb:

1. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation;

   "The dress clings to her body"
   "The label stuck to the box"
   "The sushi rice grains cohere"
   

2. to remain emotionally or intellectually attached;

   "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
   

3. hold on tightly or tenaciously;

   "hang on to your father's hands"
   "The child clung to his mother's apron"
   

1.紧紧抓住;抱紧
If youcling to someone or something, you hold onto them tightly.

e.g. Another man was rescued as he clung to the riverbank...
另外一个人因为紧紧攀住河堤而获救。
e.g. She had tocling onto the door handle until the pain passed...
她只好紧紧握住门把手，直到不疼了才松开。

2.抓住(职位或财产)不放
If someoneclings to a position or a possession they have, they do everything they can to keep it even though this may be very difficult.

e.g. He appears determined tocling to power...
看来他决心要抓住权力不放。
e.g. Another minister clung on with a majority of only 18...
另一位部长仅以18票的微弱优势保住了职位。

3.(衣服)紧附，黏着
Clothes thatcling to you stay pressed against your body when you move.

e.g. His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins.
湿淋淋的裤子紧紧粘在他小腿上。

clinging
...clinging black garments.
黑色紧身衣

4.黏附；粘住
Something thatis clinging to something else is stuck on it or just attached to it.

e.g. Her glass had bits of orange clinging to the rim.
她的杯口上粘有些许橙汁。

5.缠住;依附
If someoneclings to a person they are fond of, they do not allow that person to be free or independent.

cling的解释

e.g. I was terrified he would leave me, so I was clinging to him.
我害怕他会离开我，所以缠着他不放。

clinging
She was anxious not to appear clinging.
她竭力不让自己看上去显得过分依恋别人。

6.墨守，坚持(观念或行为方式)
If youcling to an idea or way of behaving, you continue to believe in its value or importance, even though it may no longer be valid or useful.

e.g. They know scholars reject their legend, but they stillcling to their belief...
尽管知道学者们不相信他们的传说，他们还是坚持自己的信仰。
e.g. They're clinging to the past.
他们对过去念念不忘。

1. 粘着;依附：climax 顶点;高潮 |cling 粘着;依附 | clot 凝块;结团

2. 粘紧：cling to 依附 |cling 粘紧 |clingfish 小海鱼

3.

3. 黏住：climb 爬 |cling 黏住 | clinic 诊所

4.

4. 坚持：cherry樱桃 |cling坚持 | composite混合的

S+～(+A)

1. Dewdrops were still clinging on the trees.
   露珠仍沾在树上。
2. The smell of the onions clings.
   洋葱味经久不散。

cling to (v.+prep.)

坚持,忠于(某观念、信条等) keep; remain loyal to (sth) or faithful to (sb)

cling together (v.+adv.)

(指两个以上的人)互相忠诚 be loyal to one another

The wet clothes clung to his body.

湿衣服紧贴在他身上。

He clung to my arm.

他紧抓着我的胳膊。

The cat tried to cling to the edge by its claws.

猫用爪子拼命抓住那边缘。

Little children always cling to their mothers.

小孩子总是紧依着母亲。

She clung to the hope that her son was not dead.

她坚信她儿子还活着。

We should cling to our principles.

我们应该坚持自己的原则。

The droid used his magnetized rollers to cling tenaciously to the chromed surface of the ship while deadly turbolaser blasts rained overhead.

在致命的雷射光炮不停地打落在太空船上时，他用具有磁性的滚轮紧抓住舰艇铬制的表面。

This emerging portrait of magical thinking helps explain why people who fashion themselves skeptics cling to odd rituals that seem to make no sense.

魔法思考的形貌逐渐浮现，有助于解释为何自认是怀疑论者的人，还紧抓著看似无意义的古怪内心仪式不放。

Don't cling to the kerb when you're driving.

不要紧贴路边开车。

Leaf-tailed geckos cling to the trees, cloaked in green.

叶尾壁虎紧贴在树上，隐藏在一片绿色之中。

She managed to cling on to life for another couple of years.

她顽强地又活了几年。

survivors clinging to a raft

紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

She clung on to her baby.

她紧紧抱住她的婴儿。

cling on tight!

紧紧抓住！

They clung together, shivering with cold.

他们紧紧地抱在一起，冷得直发抖。

a dress that clings (= fits closely and shows the shape of your body)

紧身连衣裙

The wet shirt clung to his chest.

湿衬衫紧贴在他的胸部。

The smell of smoke still clung to her clothes.

烟味仍附着在她的衣服上不散。

After her mother's death, Sara clung to her aunt more than ever.

萨拉在母亲去世后比以往任何时候都更依附于她的姨妈。

Throughout the trial she had clung to the belief that he was innocent.

在整个审判中，她都坚持相信他是清白的。

He had one last hope to cling on to.

他还抱着最后的一线希望。

They know scholars reject their legend, but they still cling to their belief...

尽管知道学者们不相信他们的传说，他们还是坚持自己的信仰。

They're clinging to the past.

他们对过去念念不忘。

I was terrified he would leave me, so I was clinging to him.

我害怕他会离开我，所以缠着他不放。

Her glass had bits of orange clinging to the rim.

她的杯口上粘有些许橙汁。

His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins.

湿淋淋的裤子紧紧粘在他小腿上。

Another minister clung on with a majority of only 18...

另一位部长仅以18票的微弱优势保住了职位。

Another man was rescued as he clung to the riverbank...

另外一个人因为紧紧攀住河堤而获救。

She had to cling onto the door handle until the pain passed...

她只好紧紧握住门把手，直到不疼了才松开。

He appears determined to cling to power...

看来他决心要抓住权力不放。

First , they cling to their old factional mentality and are politically subversive agitating against the Party.

他们坚持原来的帮派思想, 有一套煽惑性和颠覆性的政治主张.

Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.

那信奉虚无之神的人,离弃怜爱他们的主;但我必用感谢的声音献祭与你.

We discerned the figure of a man cling to the mast of the wrecked ship.

我们看见一人紧抱着破船的桅杆.

Here are ten technologies that be dead and buried , yet still cling to life.

这里列出了十大应该消失但依旧坚持出现在我们生活中的科技.

Shaak Ti tenaciously continued to cling to life.

莎克·提的生命力可谓顽强持久.

Wet clothes cling to the body.

湿衣服贴身.

Paw prints were seen in many places and puma fur was also found cling to bushes.

在许多地方看见了爪印,灌木丛中也发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛.

The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret.

湖水将回绕在你的脚边,潺潺地说出它的秘密.

I swear those two will cling together until the end of time.

我发誓他们两个会永远相互忠诚.

v.(动词)

1. cling的基本意思是臂状物、根须等悬着依附于某物,引申可表示固执地把持住所占有的或使用的东西,也可表示独立存在的事物所需要的支持。
2. cling是不及物动词,表示“粘在一起”时,接副词together; 表示“依附于…”时,接介词to。
3. cling的过去式、过去分词均为clung。

v.(动词)

cling, cohere, stick

这组词都含有“牢固地附在…上”的意思。其区别是：

stick指一个人或一个物体依附于另一个,也指互相依存; cohere强调粘成一片或连成一个统一的整体; cling一般指依附另一个人或另一物体,暗示必须受到支持、支撑。例如:

His wet shirt clung to his body.湿衬衫紧紧贴在他的身上。

Do his religious and political beliefs cohere?他的宗教信仰和政治信仰是否一致?

insist，persist，persevere，adhere，cling

这些动词均有“坚持”之意。

insist通常用于对意见、主张等的坚持。

persist用于褒义指坚持继续做某事，但更常用于贬义，指不听劝告，顽固坚持。

persevere含褒义，强调坚持不懈的努力。

adhere与to连用，指坚持意见、计划或承诺等，含坚持不懈之意。

cling和to连用，指对信仰、意见、习惯等的坚持。

stick，glue，adhere，cling，cohere

这些动词均有“粘着、附着”之意。

stick常指用胶水或浆糊粘贴，词义引申指坚持。

glue与stick的本义相同，指用胶水把东西粘合在一起，没有“坚持”的含义。

adhere正式用词，语气较严肃刻板，既可指物体粘在一起，也可指坚持信仰或忠于事业等。

cling着重靠缠绕、紧抱、紧抓等方式而形成密切关系。也可作引申用。

cohere指物质微粒粘合在一起，成为不可分离的整体，强调所形成新物体的不可分割性。可引申指逻辑上的前后一致。