| 单词 | damp |
| 释义 | damp —dampish, adj. —dampishly, adv. —dampishness, n. —damply, adv. —dampness, n. /damp/, adj., damper, dampest, n. , v. adj. 1. slightly wet; moist: damp weather; a damp towel. 2. unenthusiastic; dejected; depressed: The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception. n. 3. moisture; humidity; moist air: damp that goes through your warmest clothes. 4. a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, esp. in a mine. 5. depression of spirits; dejection. 6. a restraining or discouraging force or factor. v.t. 7. to make damp; moisten. 8. to check or retard the energy, action, etc., of; deaden; dampen: A series of failures damped her enthusiasm. 9. to stifle or suffocate; extinguish: to damp a furnace. 10. Acoustics , Music. to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden. 11. Physics. to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves). 12. damp off, to undergo damping-off. [1300-50; ME (in sense of def. 4); cf. MD damp, MHG dampf vapor, smoke] Syn. 1. dank, steamy. DAMP, HUMID, MOIST mean slightly wet. DAMP usually implies slight and extraneous wetness, generally undesirable or unpleasant unless the result of intention: a damp cellar; to put a damp cloth on a patient's forehead. HUMID is applied to unpleasant dampness in the air: The air is oppressively humid today. MOIST denotes something that is slightly wet, naturally or properly: moist ground; moist leather. 3. dankness, dampness, fog, vapor. 7. humidify. 8. slow, inhibit, restrain, moderate, abate. Ant. 1. dry. |
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