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cloyingly 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. in an overly sweet manner
  2. In a cloying manner; distastefully excessive; Excessively sweet
  3. (Cloying) Describes ultra-sweet or sugary wines that lack the balance provided by acid, alcohol, bitterness or intense flavor.
  4. (Cloying) Overly sweet, and lacking the correct amount of acidity to give the wine balance.
  5. (CLOYING (see also SWEET below)) Excessive sugar component annoys with dominating flavour and aftertaste. The wine is then demonstrably unbalanced relative to the other components.
  6. (Cloying) A wine with a sticky or sweet character that is not balanced with acidity
  7. (Cloying) A beer that is overly sweet to the point of being unpleasant.
  8. (Cloying) A sweet and heavy wine, which lacks acidity to make it crisp, balanced and interesting.
  9. (Cloying) An overly sweet wine that lacks balancing acidity and is therefore unpleasant and not refreshing. This should not be confused with the false praise that some winery visitors lavish on the vintner in the hope of a free bottle or two.
  10. (Cloying) Describes a wine that has insufficient acid to support its level of sweetness. In practical terms, it refers to a wine which is ‘sickly sweet’, unpalatable after the first glass or two.
  11. (Cloying) Describes sweet wines that lack the acidity to balance their sugar content. Rather than leaving the palate clean, a sticky, gummy sensation remains.
  12. (Cloying) Mouth-coating, usually referring to a sweet wine and often a sign of a wine lacking in balancing acidity.
  13. (cloying) Used to describe sweet wines that do not have enough balancing acidity.
  14. (cloying) Usually a negative characteristic, denoting that the wine has an overly sticky or syrupy quality to it. This is particularly noted in the finish of cheap dessert wines but can also happen in overripe Shiraz, Zinfandel and Petite Sirah.
  15. (cloying) so sweet to become unpleasant
  16. Cloying is a term used to describe a fragrance that’s sickly sweet and unpleasantly clinging.
  17. In perfumery, cloying usually refers to a fragrance that is too sweet and too clingy.