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词汇 clammy
释义 clammy
adjective
uk /ˈklæm.i/ us /ˈklæm.i/
sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way: 黏糊糊的;黏湿的
My hands felt all clammy.我手上感觉全是黏糊糊的。
It was a hot, clammy day.那是炎热潮湿的一天。
Synonym
dank
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

having moisture in the air
humidIt gets so humid in this part of the country.
muggyWhat a muggy day!
sultryShe kept her bedroom window open to cool off during these long, sultry summer nights.
stickyIt's going to be rather sticky outside, with the humidity level at almost 85 per cent and temperatures in the high 20s.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Wet weather & wetness
clammily
clamminess
damp
damply
dampness
dankly
douse
moist
moisten
monsoon
rehydration
remoisten
rewet
saturation
semi-dry
sleety
soak
soaked
sodden
waterlogged

Related word


clamminess

clammy | American Dictionary


clammy
adjective
us/ˈklæm·i/
slightly wet and cool, in an unpleasant way:
Her forehead was hot, but her hands were clammy.

Examples of clammy


clammy
Not all of the hand was cold and clammy.
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I was present for the debate, last week, when the temperature seemed to be 80 deg; it was certainly clammy.
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During the short time that they provide those meals, they work in a clammy climate at a tremendous pace, and all for little pay.
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I am not too happy about such long-range targets, which then begin to exercise a clammy embrace on all intermediate policy.
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It will not do for him to try to make out that it is we who have imposed this duty and who have had the cold, clammy hand.
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Can it mean that the competition which is inherent in the whole system of private enterprise has now been preferred to the dead and clammy hand of nationalisation?
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Rather, his movies restore some of the clammy, anxious atmosphere that made the old noirs so powerful to begin with.
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And its wrenching performances and dark, clammy atmosphere cast an unsettling chill.
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They may be pale, clammy, and irritable a few hours after a meal.
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Overdosage can cause muscle flaccidity, respiratory depression, obtundation, cold and clammy skin, hypotension and coma.
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Systemic symptoms included nausea and a feeling of faintness, and the skin was cool, clammy, and pale.
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If too much water is used at once, the steam will be cool with a clammy feel.
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Cold, clammy winter still held sway in this forsaken country.
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Patients can be lethargic, and might have sunken eyes, dry mouth, cold clammy skin, decreased skin turgor, or wrinkled hands and feet.
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It has a special, clammy chill, a deadly gift for inspiring deeper, darker dread.
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