ADJ-GRADED 黏性的;涂有黏性物质的 A sticky substance is soft, or thick and liquid, and can stick to other things. Sticky things are covered with a sticky substance.
...sticky toffee... 黏牙的太妃糖
If the dough is sticky, add more flour... 如果面团太黏,就再加点面粉。
Peel away the sticky paper. 将贴纸撕掉。
ADJ-GRADED (情况)棘手的,令人为难的 A sticky situation involves problems or is embarrassing.
Inevitably the transition will yield some sticky moments... 过渡时期难免会出现一些困难的时候。
Her research was going through a sticky patch. 她的研究工作正处于一个艰难的阶段。
ADJ-GRADED (天气)湿热的,闷热的 Sticky weather is unpleasantly hot and damp.
...four desperately hot, sticky days in the middle of August. 8 月中旬极其闷热的 4 天
PHRASE 下场很悲惨;死得很惨 If someone comes to a sticky end or meets a sticky end, they suffer very badly or die in an unpleasant way.
Arminius also came to a sticky end, murdered by his own troops. 阿米尼乌斯也死得很惨,被自己的部下害死了。
That means churning out even more hardware innovations and delivering software services that will make its devices stickier with consumers. 唯有如此,才能继续保持其手机的吸引力。
The situation might get even stickier when the president gets home and has to tell his wife that he's been wrist-deep in peanut butter and jelly all day. 试想总统回到家里,告诉夫人他一整天都在涂花生奶油和果酱,他可能会遇到比果酱更难对付的状况吧。
First, French banks are particularly reliant on potentially flighty short-term wholesale funding, rather than on stickier deposits or long-term debt. 首先,法国银行特别依赖浮动的短期大规模集资,而不是更固定的存款或长期借款。
Differentiate eggs of poultry: Generally, eggs of round shape contain much yolk, those with rougher shell are fresher and those with thicker and stickier egg white are fresh. 细辨禽蛋:一般来说,形状较圆的蛋黄较多,壳越粗糙的越新鲜,蛋白较浓最及黏性较大的为新鲜的。
This means that this type of fat is stickier, allowing it to stick to your arteries. 这意味着,这种类型的脂肪是更具粘性,允许它坚持你的动脉。
While inflation has been stickier than many expected, such a surge seems unlikely. 虽然通胀的粘性一直比许多人预期的要大,但这种通胀大幅上涨似乎不太可能出现。
A war-weary America is not about to wade into what might be an even stickier conflict than the one in Iraq. 厌战的美国不会涉足进入甚至比伊拉克战争还棘手的冲突中。