| 词汇 | cleave to |
| 释义 | Phr V cleave to cleaves, cleaving, cleaved cleave to sth to stick or hold firmly onto somethingThe ancient ivy cleaved to the ruined castle walls. to continue to believe strongly in somethingPeople in the remote mountain villages still cleave to their old traditions. cleave to sb literary to stay firmly with or close to someoneCleave to your master in obedience and loyal service. cleave to sth formal to continue to believe that a particular idea, method etc is right, even when most other people have stopped believing this: There are people in the former Soviet Union who still cleave to the old Marxist ideology of a one-party state. cleave to (one)To have sex with one (typically a spouse) only, and no one else. I would never cheat on my husband—after all, I vowed to cleave to him until my dying day. cleave to someoneto be sexually faithful, usually to one's husband. (Biblical. As in the traditional marriage ceremony, "And cleave only unto him.") She promised to cleave only to him for the rest of her life. |
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