单词 | wet-blanket |
释义 | > as lemmaswet-ˈblanket wet-ˈblanket v. (transitive) to throw a damper on, discourage, depress. Π 1866 J. D. Coleridge Let. in Life Ld. Coleridge (1904) II. 140 I think any one would have felt wet-blanketed by the utter commonplaceness of the whole affair. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xxi. 309 I knew Meg would wet-blanket such a proposal, but I thought you had more spirit. 1893 W. A. Shee My Contemporaries iii. 47 Such people..should..not be allowed to wet-blanket the world with their stolid stare. 1901 Scotsman 12 Mar. 9/5 Power traction..had been effectively wetblanketed for fully two generations. < as lemmas |
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