| 单词 | dampening |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈdampening ˈdampening n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective] > slightly wetting danking?a1400 undrying?1541 damping1607 humecting1612 unparching1648 dampening1814 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun] > depressing effect dampening1814 1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xxviii. 600 And o'er his brow the dampening heart-drops threw The sickening iciness of that cold dew. 1836 New Monthly Mag. 46 204 The gallantry and beauty of Tuscany sped through the dampening air. 1864 J. R. Lowell Lincoln in Wks. (1890) V. 178 To withstand the inevitable dampening of checks, reverses, delays. < as lemmas |
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