Cling

(noun.) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.

(verb.) hold on tightly or tenaciously; 'hang on to your father's hands'; 'The child clung to his mother's apron'.

(verb.) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; 'The dress clings to her body'; 'The label stuck to the box'; 'The sushi rice grains cohere'.

(verb.) to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; 'He clings to the idea that she might still love him.'.

以利沙整理

• They cling to some arrangement, hoping against experience that a government freed from human nature will automatically produce human benefits. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Why should you cling so hard to that wretched life of yours, Sergius? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• And can you cling to gaiety so eagerly as to walk all the way to a village festival in search of it? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Did she not rush down, and cling to you to save you from danger? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• To these things men's minds clung, and they clung to them because in all the world there appeared nothing else so satisfying to cling to. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Yet I must cling to it; perhaps it will kill me soon, and thus perform a thankful office. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She remembered Gerty's words: I know him--he will help you; and her mind clung to them as a sick person might cling to a healing relic. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• A look of terror came over the sweet smiling face, and she clung to George as by an instinct. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I hate my room at Aunt Julia's--so I came here---- She stirred suddenly, broke from her apathy, and clung to Gerty in a fresh burst of fear. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• There was a pretty woman at the back of the shop, dancing a little child in her arms, while another little fellow clung to her apron. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I clung to my ferocious habits, yet half despised them; I continued my war against civilization, and yet entertained a wish to belong to it. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She clung round my neck, calling me by every dear name she could think of and saying what should she do without me! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The old man clung to his daughter during this sickness. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She trusted and clung to me again. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She fell upon her knees, and clinging to this stroller's child looked up at her almost with veneration. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• A crowd of little children were gathered round a bright fire, clinging to their mother's gown, and gambolling around her chair. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Dora, clinging to them both, and weeping, exclaimed, 'O yes, aunts! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I was conscious that every other sentiment, regret, or passion had by degrees merged into a yearning, clinging affection for them. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• They would do something to throw off the clinging evil, and, while in action, they fancied that a remedy was applied. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The boy was still clinging by her side, but she thought of another besides him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• William, she said, suddenly clinging to Dobbin, who was near her, you've always been very kind to me--I'm--I'm not well. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• This is now a tainted place, and I well know the taint of it clings to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I know where your heart turns and to what it clings. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• You can see the color of his hair--faded, somewhat--by this thin shred that clings still to the temple. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But our reverence clings to the vessels. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• My old superstition clings to me, even yet. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Moreover, ineradicable connection with the changing, the inexplicably shifting, and with the manifold, the diverse, clings to experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• That peasant is more than a symbol of the privacy of human interest: he is a warning against the incurable romanticism which clings about the idea of a revolution. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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