cling to/on/at etc• Astrochele is commonly found clinging to gorgonians, corals, etc.• And these possibilities made her cling to her actualexistence with pleasure.• I clung to her hand, offering her a mooring line in that churningsea of grief.• I clung to him as if I expected to be pulled away from him.• He clings to his uniform like a second skin.• She further offended doctors by clinging to patently wrong ideas.• His pink shirt clinging to the curve of his belly.• Its founders were clinging to the wreckage, not setting out on a brave new voyage.
cling to/around etc• No heart, no soul, nothing to cling to.• A wildurge to cling to him like this for the rest of her life?• Margeclung to Janey and stared at the blank door in horror.• Lucy's sobs stilled a little and she clung toJay.• Michael held out his arms to her and she shrank away from him, clinging to Roy.• An endlessdrizzleclung to the air like fog.• We have in prospect eight months of solitude, clinging to the edge of the world's coldest, remotestcontinent.• They clung to the surface of things.
1hold tightly緊抓ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤closely, firmly, tightly緊緊地/牢固地/牢牢地附着◇I clung closely to my mother's arm.我緊緊抓着媽媽的胳膊。➤desperately, fiercely, helplessly拚命地緊抓;使勁地抓住;無助地附着◇She clung fiercely to him.她緊緊抱住他。➤precariously快要抓不住了◇houses clinging precariously to sheer cliffs在峭壁上搖搖欲墜的房子➤together緊貼在一起◇The children clung together in fear.孩子們害怕地緊靠在一起。PREPOSITION➤onto緊貼到⋯上◇She clung onto my arm.她緊緊地攀住我的胳膊。➤to緊貼到◇He clung tightly to the raft to keep himself afloat.他緊貼木筏,好讓自己浮在水面上。cling
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2stay close貼近ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤close, closely貼近◇The ground mist clung closely to the bushes.地面的霧氣緊挨着灌木叢。PREPOSITION➤to貼在⋯上cling
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●cling (on) to sthADVERB➤still仍然堅持▸➤doggedly, rigidly, steadfastly, stubbornly, tenaciously頑固地/固執地/堅定地/倔強地/頑強地堅持◇He still clings stubbornly to his socialist ideas.他依然堅守自己的社會主義信念。➤desperately, fiercely拚命堅持◇She was desperately clinging on to life.她拚盡全力掙扎求生。➤barely勉強堅持◇He lay there, barely clinging to consciousness.他躺在那裏,勉強還有一點兒知覺。