Not letting go of a surface — hands locked round someone, or wet cloth pressed flat against skin. Whatever it is stays attached, and something would have to pull it off.
From the word’s history
From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan "to adhere, shrink together," from Proto-Germanic *klinganą; cognate with Danish klynge "to cluster, crowd together." The old sense of things drawing tight together and sticking is still the modern picture.
來自中古英語 clingen、古英語 clingan「黏附、縮攏在一起」，再往上是原始日耳曼語 *klinganą；丹麥語 klynge「聚攏、擠成一團」是同源詞。字根講的就是「縮緊、擠在一起而黏住」，跟現代 cling 的畫面幾乎重疊——不論黏住的是人還是布，關鍵都是縮緊之後貼上去、不留空隙。
Wiktionary entry for "cling" (attested origin supplied in the payload: Middle English clingen < Old English clingan "to adhere" < Proto-Germanic *klinganą; cognate Danish klynge).
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clingnoun詞源 1/ˈklɪŋ/
- 1
Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
- Antelope steaks and fried liver to begin on, and venison cutlets with chili con carne and pineapple fritters, and then some sardines and mixed pickles; and top it off with a can of yellow clings and a bottle of beer.
- 2
Adherence; attachment; devotion.
- a more tenacious cling to worldly reſpects,
- 3
An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
- You can make window clings by using thin transparency sheets, school glue, food coloring, and templates.
clingverb詞源 1/ˈklɪŋ/
- 1
To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
- Seaweed clung to the anchor.
- And what hath life for thee / That thou shouldst cling to it thus?
- 2
To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
- 3
To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
- I[…] clung my legs as close to his sides as I could.
- 4
To cause to dry up or wither.
- If thou speak'st false, / Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, / Till famine cling thee.
- 5
To dry up or wither.
- Wood clings.
- 6
To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.
clingverb詞源 2/ˈklɪŋ/
- 1
To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.
- The tiny chimes clinged the hours and quarters against his right and Kate's left ear. They counted nine and three-quarters.
- The latter, armed with the most famous tool of their trade — tiny clinging bells — created a small band of untrained orchestra giving their part of the market a festive outlook […]
clingintj詞源 2/ˈklɪŋ/
- 1
Imitative of a high-pitched ringing sound.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。