cloy
vt.过饱,使厌腻 vi.吃饱
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cloy为短语/超纲词汇
cloy
/klɔɪ; klɔɪ/
v (dated fml 旧, 文)
1 [I] (of sth sweet or pleasurable) become unpleasant by being tasted or experienced too often (指甜食或美好的事物)因过多而生厌; 吃腻; 玩腻
*The pleasures of idleness soon cloy. 无所事事的享乐很快就使人厌烦了.
2 [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态] sicken (sb) with too much sweetness or pleasure (因吃甜食过多或享乐过度)使(某人)生腻, 生厌
*cloyed with rich food 吃腻美食.
cloy
v [I]
if something sweet or pleasant cloys, it begins to annoy you because there is too much of it
Her sweet submissive smile began to cloy after a while.