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If something is clammy, it is a little wet, a little cold, and a little sticky — not dripping, not warm-wet like a bath.
If something is clammy如果某個東西clammy,it is unpleasantly a little wet, a little cold, and a little sticky就是那種讓人不舒服、有點濕、有點冷又有點黏的感覺——not dripping, not warm-wet like a bath不是滴水,也不是像泡澡那樣溫溫濕濕的。
Nervous hands go clammy. A feverish forehead can feel clammy. A shirt that dried in damp air sits clammy on your back. Cave walls, cellars, a handshake you want to wipe off.
Nervous hands go clammy緊張的手會變得濕黏。A feverish forehead can feel clammy發燒的額頭摸起來也會濕黏。A shirt that dried in damp air sits clammy on your back在潮濕空氣裡晾乾的襯衫,貼在背上也是濕黏的。Cave walls, cellars, a handshake you want to wipe off洞穴的牆壁、地下室,還有握完想擦掉的那種握手,也都是。
In first aid, clammy skin is a small serious signal: cool and damp, and the person may be in shock.
In first aid在急救裡,clammy skin is a small serious signal濕冷的皮膚是個不小的警訊:cool and damp摸起來冰冰濕濕的,and the person may be in shock表示這個人可能休克了。
Weather can be clammy when the air is close and damp. People sometimes stretch it to a feeling: a clammy fear, that cold damp dread.
Weather can be clammy天氣也可以是clammy,when the air is close and damp當空氣悶熱又潮濕的時候。People sometimes stretch it to a feeling有時候人們也會把它用來形容一種感覺:a clammy fear那種濕冷的恐懼,that cold damp dread那種冷冷濕濕的恐懼感。
Informal to neutral, and very common. The older sense is sticky, not 'like the sea animal'.
Informal to neutral, and very common這個字介於口語和中性之間,而且很常見。The older sense is sticky它比較舊的意思是黏黏的,not 'like the sea animal'不是像那種海洋動物的意思。
組成From older English clam, meaning sticky or slimy, plus -y. That clam comes from an Old English verb meaning to smear. German klamm is a cousin.
同家族的字
- clammilythe adverb: in a clammy way
- clamminessthe noun: that wet-cold-sticky quality
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
clammyadj/ˈklæmi/
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Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
- His hands were clammy from fright.
- The cause is a temperate conglutination ; for both bodies are clammy and viscous , and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts , without penning them in too much
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medicinesciencesThe quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。