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单词 damp-proofed
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damp /damp/

noun
  1. Vapour, mist
  2. Moisture
  3. Moist air
  4. (in mines, etc) any gas other than air
  5. Lowness of spirits (archaic)
  6. A gloom
  7. Discouragement
transitive verb
  1. To wet slightly
  2. To discourage
  3. To check
  4. To make dull
  5. To slow down the rate of burning (of a fire) (often with down; see also damp down below)
  6. To diminish the amplitude of (physics)
adjective
  1. Moist
  2. Foggy
  3. Unenthusiastic (informal)
ORIGIN: ME dampen; related to Du damp, and Ger Dampf vapour

dampˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb

  1. To make or become damp or moist
  2. To stifle (figurative)

dampˈer noun

  1. Someone who or something that damps
  2. A depressive influence
  3. A door or shutter for shutting off or regulating a draught
  4. A device for diminishing the amplitude of vibrations (physics)
  5. A mute (music)
  6. (in a piano or harpsichord, etc) the pad that silences a note after it has been played
  7. A kind of unleavened bread (orig Aust)
  8. A cake of this

dampˈing noun

  1. Reduction in vibration through the dissipation of energy (physics)
  2. Diminution in sharpness of resonance through the introduction of resistance (electronics)

dampˈish adjective

dampˈishness noun

dampˈly adverb

dampˈness noun

dampˈy adjective (archaic and poetic)

Damp

dampˈ-course noun

A layer of moisture-proof material in a masonry wall

dampˈing-offˈ noun

A disease of seedlings caused by Pythium or other fungus in an excess of moisture

dampˈ-proof adjective

Impervious to moisture

transitive verb

To make (eg a wall) damp-proof

damp-proof course noun

A damp-course

damp squib noun

Something that fails to go off with the expected bang (lit and figurative)

damp down

To close down a furnace, etc (dampˈing-downˈ noun)

put a damper on

To inhibit or subdue

date1 /dāt/

noun
  1. A statement of time, or time and place, of writing, sending or executing (on a letter, book, document, etc)
  2. A particular day of the month
  3. The time of an event
  4. Duration, or end, of existence (archaic)
  5. Term of life
  6. Death-day, doom (with pun on debt; Spenser)
  7. An appointment or engagement (informal)
  8. A person one goes out on a date with
transitive verb
  1. To affix a date to
  2. To ascertain the date of
  3. To suggest the date of
  4. To make an appointment with (informal)
  5. To go out with (a (potential) romantic or sexual partner), esp regularly (informal)
intransitive verb
  1. To have begun (at a specified time)
  2. To be typical of a particular time
  3. To become old-fashioned
  4. To go out with a (potential) romantic or sexual partner, esp regularly (informal)
ORIGIN: OFr date, from L datum given

dātˈable or dātˈeable adjective

dātˈal adjective

datˈed adjective

Old-fashioned, out of date

dateˈless adjective

  1. Without date or fixed limit
  2. Unlikely to become old-fashioned
  3. Free from engagements

dātˈer noun

dātˈing noun and adjective

date coding noun

Marking in code on the container a date after which food should not be used

date line noun

Short for International Date Line (qv)

dateˈline noun

A line giving the date and location (as on a newspaper)

date night noun

An evening on which a couple with children arrange to go out together without them

date rape noun

Rape committed by a person with whom the victim has gone out on a date

dateˈ-stamp noun

  1. A device for stamping the date on documents, etc
  2. The impression made by this

transitive verb

To mark with a date-stamp

dating agency noun

An agency that aims to introduce clients seeking personal relationships

out of date see under out

to date

Until now

up to date

  1. Aware of and following modern trends
  2. Having the latest knowledge and information, etc
  3. Adapted or corrected to the present time
  4. Modern

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