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词汇 cloying
释义 cloying
adjective
uk /ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/ us /ˈklɔɪ.ɪŋ/

cloyingadjective (TOO SWEET)


disapproving
tasting or smelling too sweet and therefore unpleasant: 甜得发腻的
This is a wonderful wine - honeyed and rich without being remotely cloying.这酒真棒——甘甜醇香,一点都不腻。
The room was filled with the cloying scent of lilies.
The pie filling is rich and dark without the cloying qualities of mincemeat.
Although the perfume is intense, it is far from cloying.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not pleasant to eat or drink
(as) tough as old bootsidiom
acrid
bitter
bitterness
bland
chewy
dishwater
insipidness
like dishwateridiom
mouldy
overripe
pappy
pungent
staleness
stick to someone's ribsidiom
stodginess
stodgy
swill
unripe
watery

cloyingadjective (TOO EMOTIONAL)


disapproving
expressing feelings of love or kindness in a way that is annoying because it does not seem real: 令人腻烦的;腻味的;假惺惺的
She criticized the cloying sentimentality of the film.她批评这部电影太过多愁善感,令人腻烦。
The story is heartwarming but never cloying.
Most of the album consists of cloying ballads.
Love stories can be too cloying, and dramas can be too dark.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Affected & insincere
affectation
affected
affectedly
archly
artificial
forced
forcedly
fustian
glib
glibly
piously
ponce
ponce about/around
posey
preciously
sugary
super-smooth
superslick
talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom
theatricality

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Sentimental and over-emotional

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