vi.紧贴；附着；依恋；坚持
n.紧抓；紧贴
The wet clothes clung to his body. 湿衣服紧贴在他身上。
He clung to my arm. 他紧抓着我的胳膊。
The cat tried to cling to the edge by its claws. 猫用爪子拼命抓住那边缘。
Little children always cling to their mothers. 小孩子总是紧依着母亲。
We should cling to our principles. 我们应该坚持自己的原则。
用作名词 (n.)The droid used his magnetized rollers to cling tenaciously to the chromed surface of the ship while deadly turbolaser blasts rained overhead. 在致命的雷射光炮不停地打落在太空船上时，他用具有磁性的滚轮紧抓住舰艇铬制的表面。
This emerging portrait of magical thinking helps explain why people who fashion themselves skeptics cling to odd rituals that seem to make no sense. 魔法思考的形貌逐渐浮现，有助于解释为何自认是怀疑论者的人，还紧抓著看似无意义的古怪内心仪式不放。
Don't cling to the kerb when you're driving. 不要紧贴路边开车。
Leaf-tailed geckos cling to the trees, cloaked in green. 叶尾壁虎紧贴在树上，隐藏在一片绿色之中。
cling的基本意思是臂状物、根须等悬着依附于某物,引申可表示固执地把持住所占有的或使用的东西,也可表示独立存在的事物所需要的支持。
cling是不及物动词,表示“粘在一起”时,接副词together; 表示“依附于…”时,接介词to。
cling的过去式、过去分词均为clung。
