| 单词 | clammy |
| 释义 | clammy (once / 4264 pages) adj Clammy means unpleasantly cool and slimy to the touch. It has nothing to do with those tasty little sea creatures, but they too are pretty slimy. Nine times out of ten the thing described as clammy is a hand or forehead, usually of someone who's pretty sick or just physically unpleasant. When Dickens' David Copperfield shakes the hand of the creepy Uriah Heep he exclaims, "But oh, what a clammy hand his was! As ghostly to the touch as to the sight!" Clammy can also refer to the air or atmosphere of a place, if it's particularly damp. WORD FAMILYclammy: clammier, clammiest, clammily, clamminess USAGE EXAMPLESIt helps me endure the bumps, but clearly clammy hand-holding is not an ideal strategy. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) We held hands, mine clammy, and we prayed as I flicked a hardened, yellow grain of overboiled rice with my toe. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) His palms were clammy and his heart was pounding as he peeked in through the open doorway of the room. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) adj unpleasantly cool and humid a clammy handshake clammy weather Syn dank wet covered or soaked with a liquid such as water |
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