The Ancient Greeks chewed gum made from resin – a sticky substance produced by trees. But why do people like chewing gum?

古希腊人吃的口香糖是由树脂制成的，树脂是一种树上长出来的黏性物质。但是人们为什么吃口香糖呢？

" You would say that, Elphias, " cackled Auntie Muriel. " I noticed how you skated over the sticky patches in that obituary of yours! "

“随怎么说吧，埃非亚斯，”穆丽尔姨婆咯咯笑着说，“我注意篇讣文把不好处理的地方一带而过！”

Mochi is describe as sticky, it's chewy, it's squeezy, and to get it that way requires a bit of muscle, something one of Japan's mochi masters has mastered when making mochi.

它黏牙，有嚼劲，做这种小吃还有强健的肌肉，这也是麻糬大师们所必须的技能。

But at this point things got sticky.

但在这一点上，事情就变得棘手起来。

But despite the sticky situation, firefighters and police attending to the cleanup were reportedly cheerful about the long task ahead.

但据报道，尽管出现了粘稠的情况，但参加清理的消防员和警察对这个花时间的任务还是乐此不疲。

Well, that's the sticky one. It's going to need a lot of research.

棘手的就是这一点，我还需多做一些调查。

A sticky wicket is still pretty common in American English.

" a sticky wicket" 仍然在美语里很常见。

The sister, Catherine, was a slender, worldly girl of about thirty with a solid sticky bob of red hair and a complexion powdered milky white.

她妹妹凯瑟琳是一个苗条而俗气的女人，年纪三十上下，一头浓密的短短的红头发，脸上粉搽得像牛奶一样白。

After contacting the chocolate manufacturer, the firefighters resorted to spraying hot, pressurized water to get rid of the sticky substance.

在联系巧克力制造商后，消防人员采取了喷洒高温高压水的方式来清除这些粘稠的物质。

Can you describe for me what color it is, whether it's white, yellow or greenish, and what is it foamy or thick and sticky?

能描述一下痰吗？什么颜色？痰是白的，偏黄还是偏绿，有没有泡沫，黏不黏？

In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.

不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。

I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.

半夜，我还拿着电筒来花园里，满意地（同时惊奇地）发现些蚂蚁还围着胶带团团转，无能为力。

But all of these aspects were shaded by the little 10 cent plastic men with sticky stretchy blue arms that adhere to the walls.

但所有这些方面都被十美分的塑料小人玩具给遮盖了，它有着可以粘在墙壁上的蓝色手臂。

Look at that fat and skin covered in a thick and sticky brown sauce.

看看它表层上盖着的层浓厚的褐色酱汁。

This will up your scooping game making most of the sticky snow slide right off, so you can get back to more important things like baking.

这会让的铲雪功大进步，让大部分的雪滑落下来，可以回去做更重的事情，比如烘焙。

We've seen this with Hawaii's volcanoes because the lava flows slowly, people can get away quickly and it rarely results in victim, but thick and sticky magma is a different story.

我们在夏威夷的火山上看过这一点，因为熔岩流动缓慢，人们可以迅速逃离，很少有受害者，但粘稠的岩浆则是另一回事。

We've seen this with Hawaii's volcanoes because the lava flows slowly people can get away quickly and it rarely results in victims. But thick and sticky magma is a different story.

我们在夏威夷的火山上看过这种情况，因为熔岩流动缓慢，所以人们可以迅速逃离，很少有受害者。但若岩浆粘稠则另当别论。

In Japan, people eat grilled sticky rice balls while partaking in moon viewings.

在日本，则有赏月时品尝烤糯米团子的习俗。

That mucus is salty, sticky, and contains lysozymes, which are enzymes that help kill bacteria.

这种粘液又咸又稠，含有溶菌酶，可以杀死细菌。

So we've started working with 3M, the sticky stuff company that makes Post-it notes, and they're helping us figure out how to stick a tracker to any bear's fur.

所以我们开始与 3M 公司合作，一家制作便利贴的粘性材料公司，他们正在帮助我们解决如何将追踪器贴在任何熊的皮毛上。