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clinging + noun
clinging 作形容词，修饰名词，常形容衣服紧贴身体。
She wore a clinging dress.
她穿了一条紧身连衣裙。
粘附的；黏着的
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粘附的；黏着的
sticking or holding together; not easily separated
She wore a clinging dress.
她穿了一条紧身连衣裙。
粘人的；依恋的
Clingy.
The clinging mud made it hard to walk across the field.
黏着的泥土让人很难走过那片田野。
The clinging smell of smoke stayed in the curtains for days.
挥之不去的烟味在窗帘上留了好几天。
The clinging child wanted to stay in his mother's arms all morning.
那个黏人的孩子整个上午都想待在妈妈怀里。
clinging 作形容词，修饰名词，常形容衣服紧贴身体。
She wore a clinging dress.
她穿了一条紧身连衣裙。
clinging 是 cling 的现在分词，后接 to，表示紧紧抓住或依附于某人/某物。
The child was clinging to her mother's hand.
那个孩子紧紧抓着妈妈的手。
clinging together 表示物体因潮湿等彼此粘住。
The wet pages were clinging together.
那些湿页粘在了一起。
Not this
The baby was clinging its mother.
Use this
The baby was clinging to its mother.
cling 是不及物动词，接宾语时必须有介词 to；中文‘粘着/抓住’容易让人误以为可直接加宾语，加上 to 才能表示‘紧贴在某人/某物上’。
Not this
The child clinging to its mother now.
Use this
The child is clinging to its mother now.
现在进行时由‘be + 现在分词’构成，不能只用 clinging；中文没有系动词，容易漏掉 is，这里表示‘正在紧紧抱住’，所以必须加 is。
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紧贴身体的衣服
The clinging clothes made her feel uncomfortable at the party.
紧身衣让她在聚会上感到不舒服。
依赖他人的女人
She refused to be a clinging vine and insisted on standing on her own.
她拒绝做一个依赖他人的女人，坚持自立。
黏人的孩子
The clinging child followed his mother everywhere she went.
那个黏人的孩子无论母亲去哪里都跟着她。
久不散的浓雾
The clinging fog made the morning commute very dangerous.
久不散的浓雾使早晨的通勤变得非常危险。
黏糊糊的泥巴
The hikers' boots were covered in clinging mud after the trail.
徒步旅行者的靴子在小径之后沾满了黏糊糊的泥巴。
依赖他人的人；菟丝花般依附者
She's a clinging vine and can't make any decision on her own.
她是个依赖他人的人，无法自己做任何决定。
勉强维持生命；垂死挣扎
The injured bird was clinging to life after the cat attack.
那只受伤的鸟在猫的攻击后奄奄一息。
紧抓过去不放；沉湎于往事
He is clinging to the past instead of moving forward.
他紧抓着过去不放，而不是向前看。
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cling像“可拎”——能拎住不松手，就是紧抓不放、黏着的 clinging。
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述衣服贴身、形容人依赖 clinging 作形容词时通常表示“贴身的/粘的”或“依赖的/执着的”。字面义（如衣服）比较中性，常见于穿着或材质描述；比喻义（如情感依赖）多用于日常口语，带有轻微负面色彩。
这些词与 clinging /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/ 押韵：singing、ringing、bringing、stinging、swinging、flinging 都以 /ˈ_ɪŋɪŋ/ 结尾，拼写上都含 -inging。注意：cling /klɪŋ/ 虽与 clinging 形近，但不是押韵词；cringing /ˈkrɪndʒɪŋ/ 和 lingering /ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ/ 拼写相似，但读音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.