| 单词 | damp |
| 释义 | damp (once / 315 pages) 1adjn 2v Something that's damp is slightly wet or soggy. If your shoes are damp when you enter your friend's white-carpeted house, you should probably take them off. Damp things are moist. Your lawn might be damp with dew in the morning, and if it's supposed to rain lightly, the weather report might include the word damp. Sometimes damp is a noun, as when your grandmother warns, "Don't go out in the damp without your umbrella!" To damp is to hold back, make soft, or restrain: "Use your hand to damp the sound of the cymbal after you hit it with the drumstick." WORD FAMILYdamp: damped, damper, dampest, damping, dampish, damply, dampness, damps+/damper: dampers/dampish: dampishly/dampness: dampnesses USAGE EXAMPLESBut he noted that Apple’s high compensation, focused product mission and top-down decision-making tended to damp the risk-taking necessary to start a company. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The house was full of bedsits with damp armchairs and splintered floorboards. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) It was a damp cardboard box on which I’d drawn a wonky face in Biro. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1adj slightly wet clothes damp with perspiration Syn dampish, moist wet covered or soaked with a liquid such as water 2n a slight wetness 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper dampness, moistness clamminess, dankness unpleasant wetness rawnessa chilly dampness wetness the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) 1v lessen in force or effect Syn|Hypo|Hyper break, dampen, soften, weaken deafen make soundproof dampen, deadenmake vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible blunt, deaden make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation 2v restrain or discourage the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere Hyper check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits 3v deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping Syn|Hyper dampen, dull, muffle, mute, tone down soften make (images or sounds) soft or softer 4v make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible Syn|Hyper dampen, deaden break, dampen, soften, weaken lessen in force or effect |
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