cloying
cloying 美['klɔɪɪŋ]
adj. 厌烦的;倒胃口的;因过量而厌烦的
名词复数:cloyings
- If you’re a cynic who favors dark, edgy humor and thrillers, you probably find romantic comedies with their hearts, flowers, and sappy happy endings cloying — so sweet and sentimental that they make you want to retch.
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- adj. 厌烦的;倒胃口的;因过量而厌烦的
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1. Here is where I beg, in cloying tones, that we teach the children to learn from these mistakes.
我能做的只是苦口婆心地教育孩子们从我的错误中吸取教训。
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2. Sugar becomes cloying; processed industrial vegetable oil tastes unnatural.
糖变得反胃,精加工的植物油尝起来非自然。
- cloying (adj.) "satiating, wearying by too much," 1640s, present-participle adjective from cloy (v.). Related: Cloyingly; cloyingness.
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