| 词汇 | clung |
| 释义 | clung verb uk /klʌŋ/ us /klʌŋ/ past simple and past participle ofcling（cling 的过去式及过去分词） Having in your hands arm chokehold clasp clench cling clutch dandle grasp grim grip hand in handidiom handle hang hang/hold on like grim deathidiom join handsidiom nurse onto purchase seize taken You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Closeness in distance and time clung | American Dictionaryclung us/klʌŋ/ past simple and past participle of cling Examples of clungclung Others, fearing their wooden houses would collapse, raced outside into open spaces where they clung to trees and telegraph poles. By contrast, others clearly preferred to think only of the present or expressed feelings which suggested they clung fiercely to life. In both cases, he clung stubbornly to stories of providential retribution despite vigorous objections to their accuracy. The louse was fed twice daily whilst it clung to the cloth upon which it rested. Terrified to see him thus, the child clung to him and besought him to be calm. At first blush such an approach seems inadequate, as without amplification it cannot account for the fact that irregulars usually occur in patterns, such as cling-clung, fling-flung, sling-slung. If, unusually, that generation clung to power for over a decade, this was not due to the instinct for selfpreservation that all leadership groups have, but rather to simple loneliness. Moreover, while he criticises the older intelligentsia for having clung to socialism far too long, he lauds some of the constitutional and symbolic initiatives of the younger civil rights activists. Occasionally, they used progressive language to present their policies as modern, but they often clung to the traditional prison regime based on strict punishment, military discipline, and moralizing lectures. All last year they clung to office hoping that something would turn up to save them from defeat at the polls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is still working on the same principles as he has clung to over the years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The paragraph described how the police controlled the crowd and how men clung to the banisters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He really should have clung to this recruiting service in the public interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He clung to that idea, and he was utterly depressed by the outcome, but, as he was the first to recognise, there was no alternative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They clung to their freedoms, they wished to preserve their freedoms; they have lost their freedoms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of clung These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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