cloy
/klɔɪ/verb
with obj.［usu. as adj. cloying］
- disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment（因过甜过浓或过于多愁善感）使（人）发腻：
a romantic, rather cloying story
一个浪漫的, 相当腻人的故事
a curious bitter-sweetness that cloyed her senses
一种令她感官发腻的苦乐参半的古怪情愫
no obj. the first long sip gives a malty taste that never cloys.第一口长呷尝到麦芽味, 一点都不腻口。
派生词
cloyingly
adverb词源
late Middle English: shortening of obsolete accloy 'stop up, choke', from Old French encloyer 'drive a nail into', from medieval Latin inclavare, from clavus 'a nail'.