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单词 wet blanket
释义
wet blanketˌwet ˈblanket / $ ˈ. ˌ../ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But there was no large wet blanket to be had.
  • Morose Michell wins the wet blanket award.
  • Roy is just like something you'd find in a baby's pram-a wet blanket.
  • They thought he was a middle aged wet blanket.
  • Why be a wet blanket now?
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who spoils things
informal someone who spoils a happy event for other people, especially by refusing to join in with everyone else: · Stop being a wet blanket and come and dance.· Does he have to come on vacation with us? He's such a wet blanket!
someone who deliberately spoils someone else's enjoyment, happiness, or plans: · My ex-husband was a real spoiler who turned every happy event into a nightmare.
informal someone who spoils other people's enjoyment, especially by trying to prevent them from doing something: · "I don't think we should go in there - someone might see us." "Oh, don't be such a spoilsport - come on!"
spoken informal someone who spoils other people's fun, for example by saying that they should not be doing what they are doing: · When he said it was time to wind things up, the others accused him of being a party pooper.
informal someone who disapproves of things that other people enjoy and who tries to stop them enjoying themselves: · We wanted to do a sponsored dance after work but those killjoys in Head Office wouldn't let us.
informal someone who seems to want to spoil other people’s fun, for example by refusing to join them in something enjoyable that they are doing
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