a gummy smile
多用来形容婴儿或没牙的人笑时露出牙床的样子。
The baby looked up at me with a gummy smile.
宝宝抬起头冲我咧嘴一笑，露出光秃秃的牙床。
胶状的；黏软的
gummier — comparative of gummy
涂满胶的；黏糊糊的；露牙龈的；露出牙龈的；类似树胶(物质)的；被树胶或类似物质覆盖的
Resembling gum in texture; sticky and soft.
露出牙龈的
Showing the gums.
类似树胶(物质)的
Resembling gum (the substance).
被树胶或类似物质覆盖的
Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
The gummy candy stuck to my teeth.
这种软糖粘在我的牙齿上。
用法提示：形容词，描述糖果具有粘性。
The tape left a gummy residue on the table.
胶带在桌子上留下了粘性的残留物。
用法提示：形容词，描述残留物是粘的。
I used a gummy adhesive to attach the poster.
我用一种粘性胶粘剂来贴海报。
用法提示：形容词，修饰adhesive表示有粘性的。
多用来形容婴儿或没牙的人笑时露出牙床的样子。
The baby looked up at me with a gummy smile.
宝宝抬起头冲我咧嘴一笑，露出光秃秃的牙床。
feel、taste 等系动词后作表语，描述黏软、胶质的口感或质地。
The cold rice felt gummy and stuck to my teeth.
凉了的米饭黏糊糊的，粘在我的牙上。
比较级 gummier 表示更像胶质、更黏软。
These jellies are gummier than the ones we bought last week.
这些果冻比我们上周买的那些更黏软。
grammar · medium
易错句子This candy is gummyer than that one.
正确表达This candy is gummier than that one.
以辅音字母+y结尾的形容词变比较级时，要先把y变成i再加-er，所以gummy的比较级是gummier，不是gummyer。
grammar · medium
易错句子My gummy hurts when I brush my teeth.
正确表达My gums hurt when I brush my teeth.
gummy是形容词，不能当名词指“牙龈”；表示牙龈要用名词gum，复数形式是gums。这里主语是牙龈，所以用gums。
grammar · medium
易错句子This candy tastes too much gummy.
正确表达This candy tastes too gummy.
too much后面接名词，表示数量过多；修饰形容词要用too。gummy是形容词，所以应说too gummy，而不是too much gummy。
gummy 可指像树胶一样黏、胶状的，或表面有胶；gummed 多指纸张、信封、标签等已经涂上胶的状态，强调“上过胶”，且来自动词 gum 的过去分词。
gummy 强调像树胶或树脂那样黏，或表面涂有胶；sticky 泛指有黏性、能粘住东西，适用范围更广，不限于胶类物质。
gummy 多指像胶一样的黏，或涂胶的；gooey 常形容半融、湿软的黏糊状态，多用于食物或黏稠物。
gum
gum + -y + -ness
gum + -ed
gum + drop
bubble + gum
gum + tree
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