I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.
我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒。当听出是海伦。贝茨的声音时，非常丧气。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 54 Sticky fingers
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 接受者，收款员;接收器;无线电接收机;（破产公司的）官方接管人;
💡 re回，向后+ceiv拿，抓，握住+er名词后缀 → 接收器
"He took up telephone receiver and began to dial."
他拿起电话听筒开始拨号码.
近义：perceiver, percipient, collector, vessel, container
反义：appointee, maker, bearer, bestower, contributor, donator
adj. 粘性的;热湿的，闷热的;极不愉快的;不动的;
💡 stick粘，粘 + y...的 → ad.粘性的；胶粘的
"The plant exudes a sticky fluid."
这种植物分泌出一种黏液。
近义：mucilaginous, sticking, tacky, catching, catchy, clinging
反义：detached
n. 嗓音;（动词的）语态;呼声，发言权;歌唱才能;
vt. 发音;表达，说出;给（一部乐曲）配上声部;给（如管风琴音管）整声;
"an amiable tone of voice"
亲切的声调
近义：articulate, mouth, phrase, pronounce, release, reveal
a. 惊愕的; 惊慌的; 沮丧的; 失望的\\nv. 使惊愕, 使焦虑, 使气馁( dismay的过去式和过去分词 )
近义：appalled, astounded, overwhelmed, awestruck, baffled, shocked