人黏著人
抓著不放的是一個人。手抓著的是另一個人的袖子、時間和注意力。
adjective · B2
Someone who is clingy stays very close to another person and holds on to them, because they need that person too much. Calling someone clingy shows that you find it too much.
黏人的
核心畫面
One way to hold clingy: something has taken hold of you and will not let go. A small child's hands on a parent's sleeve; a thin shirt caught on wet skin. The thing is not simply near you — it is holding on, and it moves when you move.
clingy 可以想成「貼上去就不放開」。畫面像小孩抓著大人的袖子，你走到哪，他就跟到哪；也像淋濕的薄襯衫，一沾上背…更多收起
clingy 可以想成「貼上去就不放開」。畫面像小孩抓著大人的袖子，你走到哪，他就跟到哪；也像淋濕的薄襯衫，一沾上背就攤不開。重點不在靠得近，而在那個抓住不放的動作——你動，它也跟著動。這個字用在哪裡，就看抓著不放的是人，還是布。From the word’s history
Wiktionary analyses clingy as cling + -y: the verb for holding on tightly, plus the ending that means 'having that quality'.
來源資料把 clingy 拆成 cling（緊緊抓著不放）加上 -y（帶有這種性質）。這條線索正好對上上面的畫面：clingy 說的就是「會一直抓著不放的」。
Wiktionary (kaikki extract) entry for clingy, etymology: 'From cling + -y.' (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:853950703)
Two branches
布貼著身體
抓著不放的換成布料。布貼住皮膚不鬆開，把身形一路描出來。
adjective · B2
Clingy clothes or cloth stick tightly to your body, so the shape of your body shows through.
貼身的