te·na·cious /təˈneʃəs/
(a.)緊粘不放的,固執的,緊握的,不屈不撓的
te·na·cious /təˈneʃəs/ 形容詞
粘的,頑固的,粘滯的,堅韌的
Te·na·cious a.
1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
3. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
4. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive. “Female feet, too weak to struggle with tenacious clay.”
5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
-- Te*na*cious*ly, adv. -- Te*na*cious*ness, n.
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tenacious
adj 1: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour
determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of
all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth
but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious
of opinion" [syn: bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious,
unyielding]
2: (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long
memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory" [syn:
long]
3: sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
[syn: coherent]