glue

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement
  2. Anything that binds two things or people together. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — What is a kiss ? Why this, as some approve, / The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
  3. A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To join or attach something using glue. transitive
    — I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
  2. To cause something to adhere closely to; to cause to follow attentively. figuratively,transitive
    — His eyes were glued to the screen.
  3. To apply glue. intransitive
    — "This is how the whiskers went, I think. Cut long strips of paper—I'm just using a second paper bag here—and run the flat edge of the scissors down the strip to make it curl. Voilà. Then glue each whisker, like so, next to the nose, four on a side." She was watching. I glued quickly so I wouldn't lose her.

词形变化

glues plural glues present,singular,third-person gluing participle,present glueing participle,present,uncommon glued participle,past glued past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gleyH-
Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥
Proto-Italic *gloiten
Latin glūten
Late Latin glūs
Old French glubor.
Middle English glew
English glue
From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten. Related to clay.
Partially displaced native Old English līm (“glue”) and ġelīman (“to glue”) (whence modern lime).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gleyH-
Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥
Proto-Italic *gloiten
Latin glūten
Late Latin glūs
Old French glubor.
Middle English glew
English glue
From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten. Related to clay.
Partially displaced native Old English līm (“glue”) and ġelīman (“to glue”) (whence modern lime).
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