| 单词 | 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
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 ofcling Examplesofclungclung Others, fearing their wooden houses would collapse, raced outside into open spaces where theyclungto trees and telegraph poles. From theCambridge English Corpus By contrast, others clearly preferred to think only of the present or expressed feelings which suggested theyclungfiercely to life. From theCambridge English Corpus In both cases, heclungstubbornly to stories of providential retribution despite vigorous objections to their accuracy. From theCambridge English Corpus The louse was fed twice daily whilst itclungto the cloth upon which it rested. From theCambridge English Corpus Terrified to see him thus, the childclungto him and besought him to be calm. From theCambridge English Corpus 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. From theCambridge English Corpus If, unusually, that generationclungto power for over a decade, this was not due to the instinct for selfpreservation that all leadership groups have, but rather to simple loneliness. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, while he criticises the older intelligentsia for havingclungto socialism far too long, he lauds some of the constitutional and symbolic initiatives of the younger civil rights activists. From theCambridge English Corpus Occasionally, they used progressive language to present their policies as modern, but they oftenclungto the traditional prison regime based on strict punishment, military discipline, and moralizing lectures. From theCambridge English Corpus All last year theyclungto 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is still working on the same principles as he hasclungto over the years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The paragraph described how the police controlled the crowd and how menclungto the banisters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He really should haveclungto this recruiting service in the public interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Heclungto 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theyclungto 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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