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单词 clinging
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Definition of clinging in English:

clinging

adjectiveˈklɪŋɪŋˈklɪŋɪŋ
  • 1(of a garment) fitting closely to the body and showing its shape.

    she was wearing a clinging black dress
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Petrenko arrived three hours into the party in a clinging black pants outfit and siren-red lipstick.
    • She was a demanding and clinging mother.
    • The second is the glamorous Lady Stephens in a clinging white trouser suit and black boots.
    • He points to her short, clinging dress and elegant heels.
    • She was dressed in a long clinging black dress that showed off her curves.
    • A gang of Trolls and Orcs appeared out of a portal along with a gang of Shaman-Mages and unnaturally pale and thin women in clinging black clothes.
    • Their hairdresser of choice was Kenneth, who created Jackie's trademark bouffant, and advised Marilyn to dye her pubic hair blonde so that it didn't show through her clinging clothes.
    • Federon puffed out his chest, delighted by the sudden attention, allowing his eyes to affix themselves to the neckline of Kendra's clinging top.
    • She could see his muscles ripple under his clinging shirt.
    • Even at that she is badly served by a frumpy blonde wig and clinging dresses that make her look more like a dumpy middle-aged housewife.
    • Nothing else in this comedy moves as freely as his portly stomach, which wobbles heftily inside his clinging outfit.
    • She found herself in the brown tight jeans and equally as clinging long sleeve gray shirt that had a very tall collar.
    • Even the outline of the piece of cloth she used to tie back her breasts was outlined by the clinging clothes.
    • She was wearing a clinging red dress, bright as the petals of a poison flower.
    • I tried not to notice how the clinging clothes accentuated her figure.
    • It wasn't skin tight, but was extremely clingy and you could certainly see features of her body highlighted by the clinging material.
    Synonyms
    tight, tight-fitting, close-fitting, figure-hugging, skintight, sheath-like
  • 2Too dependent on someone emotionally.

    she wasn't the clinging type
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She is a clinging, alcoholic, older woman who turns into the invading ‘monster’ of the film.
    • Through projective identification, the clinging and overtly dependent borderline partner can express the split-off dependency needs of both.
    • Dependent personality disorder is described as a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to a submissive and clinging behavior as well as fears of separation.
 
 

Definition of clinging in US English:

clinging

adjectiveˈklɪŋɪŋˈkliNGiNG
  • 1(of a garment) fitting closely to the body and showing its shape.

    she was wearing a clinging black dress
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She found herself in the brown tight jeans and equally as clinging long sleeve gray shirt that had a very tall collar.
    • She could see his muscles ripple under his clinging shirt.
    • Their hairdresser of choice was Kenneth, who created Jackie's trademark bouffant, and advised Marilyn to dye her pubic hair blonde so that it didn't show through her clinging clothes.
    • The second is the glamorous Lady Stephens in a clinging white trouser suit and black boots.
    • He points to her short, clinging dress and elegant heels.
    • Nothing else in this comedy moves as freely as his portly stomach, which wobbles heftily inside his clinging outfit.
    • It wasn't skin tight, but was extremely clingy and you could certainly see features of her body highlighted by the clinging material.
    • Federon puffed out his chest, delighted by the sudden attention, allowing his eyes to affix themselves to the neckline of Kendra's clinging top.
    • Even the outline of the piece of cloth she used to tie back her breasts was outlined by the clinging clothes.
    • A gang of Trolls and Orcs appeared out of a portal along with a gang of Shaman-Mages and unnaturally pale and thin women in clinging black clothes.
    • She was a demanding and clinging mother.
    • She was wearing a clinging red dress, bright as the petals of a poison flower.
    • I tried not to notice how the clinging clothes accentuated her figure.
    • She was dressed in a long clinging black dress that showed off her curves.
    • Petrenko arrived three hours into the party in a clinging black pants outfit and siren-red lipstick.
    • Even at that she is badly served by a frumpy blonde wig and clinging dresses that make her look more like a dumpy middle-aged housewife.
    Synonyms
    tight, tight-fitting, close-fitting, figure-hugging, skintight, sheath-like
  • 2Overly dependent on someone emotionally.

    she wasn't the clinging type
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She is a clinging, alcoholic, older woman who turns into the invading ‘monster’ of the film.
    • Dependent personality disorder is described as a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to a submissive and clinging behavior as well as fears of separation.
    • Through projective identification, the clinging and overtly dependent borderline partner can express the split-off dependency needs of both.

Phrases

  • clinging vine

    • A person who is submissively dependent on another.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • If she is not this clinging vine, she is apt to rise superior to him, assert herself over him, and, after a while, humble him.
      • Mama wants to see me as a clinging vine being shielded by a big strong man, and you fit the bill.
      • Everyone knew this 27 year old actress was no clinging vine they could order around like a silly chorus girl.
 
 
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