Word · Frequency #23328
cloying
令人腻烦的；倒胃口的
核心释义
that supplies or feeds to surfeit; causing disgust through excess
- 1.
令人腻烦的过度
Unpleasantly excessive.
- 2.
过于甜腻的
Excessively sweet.
- 3.
过分甜腻的
overly sweet
令人腻烦的过度；过于甜腻的；过分甜腻的；厌烦的；倒胃口的；因过量而厌烦的
用法In use
The cake was too cloying for me because it had far too much sugar.
用法提示：形容词，表示因过甜而令人腻烦。
Her cloying compliments made everyone in the office uncomfortable.
用法提示：形容词，表示因过于奉承而惹人厌烦。
I find this perfume cloying; a single spray is enough.
用法提示：形容词，表示香味过浓而令人不适。
be + cloying
cloying 作表语时，主语通常是事物、情感或言语。
The movie's ending was a bit cloying.
这部电影的结尾有点令人腻烦。
cloying + noun
常用来修饰 sweetness、sentimentality 等表示味道或情感的词。
She smiled with cloying sweetness.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- cloying sweetness
- 令人发腻的甜味
- The cake's cloying sweetness made it hard to eat more than a bite.蛋糕甜得发腻，让人很难多咬一口。
- cloying sentimentality
- 过分煽情；腻人的多愁善感
- The film's cloying sentimentality left many viewers rolling their eyes.这部电影过分煽情，让许多观众翻白眼。
- cloying fragrance
- 甜腻的香味
- The cloying fragrance of the room gave me a headache.房间里甜腻的香味让我头疼。
- cloying tone
- 令人腻烦的语气
- Her cloying tone of praise sounded insincere.她那甜腻的赞美语气听起来很不真诚。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把joy的j换成cl就成cloy，快乐过了头，反而腻烦倒胃口。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary criticism、food reviews cloying 是比较书面的用词，多用于正式写作、文学或文艺评论中，也可用于描述食物或情感，表示因过量而令人腻烦。日常口语中不太常用，口语里更常说 too sweet 或 sickly 之类。这个词通常带有负面评价色彩。
语法说明Grammar Note
多含贬义，表示因过量或过度而令人厌烦、倒胃口。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 cloying 押韵的词：annoying、employing、enjoying、destroying 都以 -oying 结尾，读作 /ɔɪɪŋ/。注意形近音异的词：dying /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ 和 lying /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ 拼写以 -ying 结尾，但读音是 /aɪɪŋ/（同 sighing），与 cloying 不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.