/ˈklæmi/
形容词,指皮肤或物体表面湿冷、黏腻的感觉,常用来形容因紧张、恐惧或生病时手心出的冷汗,也可形容潮湿阴冷的环境。
His hands were clammy before the job interview.
他在面试前双手湿冷。
She awoke in the middle of the night, her forehead clammy with sweat, the sheets clinging to her skin in the stifling heat of the small room.
她在半夜醒来,额头上冷汗涔涔,在狭小房间的闷热中,床单紧贴着她的皮肤。
clammy 源自中古英语 clammen,意为"涂抹、黏附",与古英语 clǣman(涂泥、粘合)有关。其词根与 clam(黏土)和 clay(泥土)同源,最初描述的是泥土般湿润黏腻的触感,后来逐渐演变为形容皮肤潮湿冰冷的状态。