英语词汇“cloying”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

cloying

释义

cloy /kloi/

transitive verb

To satiate to the point of disgust
To disgust, weary
To block up (archaic)
To prick (a horse in shoeing) (obsolete)
To gore (Spenser)
To spike (a cannon) (archaic)

intransitive verb

To become distasteful from excess
To cause distaste, esp by being too sweet or rich

ORIGIN: Aphetized from accloy, from OFr encloyer (Fr enclouer), from LL inclāvāre to drive in a nail (see the archaic senses above), from in in, and clāvus a nail

cloyed adjective

cloyˈing adjective

cloyˈingly adverb

cloyˈless adjective (Shakespeare)

That cannot cloy

cloyˈment noun (Shakespeare)

Satiety, surfeit

cloyˈsome adjective

Satiating

cloye /kloi/ (Shakespeare)

transitive verb

(appar) to claw, stroke with the claw

ORIGIN: Perh claw

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