tending or designed to stick to things on contact or covered with something that sticks 黏的,黏性的;覆盖有黏性物质的 sticky cakes and pastries. 黏糊糊的饼和糕点。 sticky tape. 黏性胶带。 ■(of a substance) glutinous; viscous (物质)黏性的;发黏的 the dough should be moist but not sticky. 那面团应当湿润但不能发黏。 ■(of prices, interest rates, or wages) slow to change or react to change (价格,利率,薪水)变化缓慢的;对变化反应缓慢的
(of the weather) hot and damp; muggy (天气)湿热的;闷热的 it was an unusually hot and sticky summer. 那是一个极其湿热的夏天。 ■damp with sweat (由于出汗)潮湿的 she felt hot and sticky and changed her clothes. 她感到又热又潮湿,因此换了衣服。
(informal)involving problems; difficult or awkward (非正式)卷入麻烦的;困难的;难对付的 the relationship is going through a sticky patch. 那种关系正在经历一段困难时期。
(informal)(of a website) attracting a long visit or repeat visits from users (非正式)(网站)人气旺的 experts measure the attractiveness of pages by how sticky they are. 专家通过网站人气旺盛的程度来评价网页的吸引力。
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a piece of yellow paper with an adhesive strip on one side (一面带有胶条的)黄色粘贴纸