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sticky

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stick·y /ˈstɪki/ ●●○ adjectiveadj (comparativecomp stickier, superlativesupl stickiest)
1  STICKmade of or covered with a substance that sticks to surfaces 黏性的，黏的
There’s some sticky stuff in your hair.
你的頭發上有什麽黏糊糊的東西。
a sticky floor
黏糊糊的地板
sticky tape/label etc British EnglishBrE (=tape etc that is made so it will stick to surfaces) 黏膠帶/黏性標簽等
2  HOTweather that is sticky makes you feel uncomfortably hot, wet, and dirty 〔天氣〕悶熱的，濕熱的 SYN humid
It was hot and sticky and there was nowhere to sit.
天氣悶熱潮濕，連個坐的地方都找不到。
3  DIFFICULTa sticky situation, question, or problem is difficult or dangerous 〔處境、問題等〕難辦的，棘手的
a sticky political issue
一個棘手的政治問題
sticky patch British EnglishBrE
The business hit a sticky patch and lost £4.8 million.
這家企業遇到麻煩，損失了 480 萬英鎊。
4. a website that is sticky is interesting to the people looking at it and makes them want to look at it for a long period of time 〔網站〕吸引人的，人氣旺的
5. have sticky fingers informalDISHONEST to be likely to steal something 好偷東西的，有偷東西習慣的
6. come to/meet a sticky end British EnglishBrE informalDIE to die in a violent way 橫死，慘死
Examples from the Corpus
come to/meet a sticky end• I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends.
7. be on a sticky wicket British EnglishBrE informalSERIOUS SITUATION to be in a situation that will cause problems for you 處於困難的境遇，處於不利的形勢
—stickiness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
sticky• Add flour to the mixture to prevent it from becoming sticky.• She felt hot and sticky and changed her clothes and put on a housecoat.• Sweat had made my skin sticky, and had glued rivulets of sand to my spectacles.• So newly divorced Jayojit flies from the States to sticky Calcutta with his son.• Christina went upstairs to her bedroom, peeled off her sticky, crumpled clothes, and jumped into a tepid shower.• a hot sticky day in August• We left Rome on a hot sticky day in August.• Something about the sticky humid weather made people feel a little angry.• She wrote the address on a sticky label and stuck it to her computer.• I opened two bottles that I retrieved from the sticky mess on the cabin floor.• There's something sticky on the floor.• Then she saw the bear stuck to the sticky ox.• Mum's cakes always sank, and Dad liked eating the sticky part in the middle with a spoon.• The issue of equal school funding remains a sticky political issue.• Only a trail of blue sticky stuff all on the gratings.
sticky stuff• Only a trail of blue sticky stuff all on the gratings.
hot and sticky• Lincoln licked my hands, making them all hot and sticky.• They're not too hot and sticky.• She felt hot and sticky and changed her clothes and put on a housecoat.• I was a bit dubious at first, but I was hot and sticky and the water looked tempting.• It was hot and sticky and there was nowhere to sit.• Pain and nausea swept over him in waves that left him hot and sticky and weak at the knees.• He still felt hot and sticky from the attack by the Microwave Gun.• We were so hot and sticky that when the monsoon rain came up, we all stripped down, soaped ourselves up.
sticky patch• Evode has gone through a sticky patch.• During a sticky patch in her relationship with Paul she bedded a 19-year-old holidaymaker in Ibiza.
From Longman Business Dictionary
stickystick·y /ˈstɪki/ adjectiveadj
1sticky prices do not change very much and are slow to react to changing market conditions
In this situation, prices and wages tend to be sticky and are unresponsive to shifts in the market.
2COMPUTING used to describe a website that attracts people to visit it and to spend a long time on it
You need to build a sticky site that entertains people.
3have sticky fingers informal to be likely to steal something
—stickiness noun [uncountableU]
There are various ways that you can give your website stickiness.
stick·y adjectiveadj
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