| 单词 | wet |
| 释义 | wet —wetly, adv. —wetness, n. —wetter, n. —wettish, adj. /wet/, adj., wetter, wettest, n. , v. , wet or wetted, wetting. adj. 1. moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands. 2. in a liquid form or state: wet paint. 3. characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid. 4. moistened or dampened with rain; rainy: Wet streets make driving hazardous. 5. allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet town. 6. characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.: the wet season. 7. laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, esp. water vapor: There was a wet breeze from the west. 8. Informal. a. intoxicated. b. marked by drinking: a wet night. 9. using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes. 10. all wet, Informal. completely mistaken; in error: He insisted that our assumptions were all wet. 11. wet behind the ears, immature; naive; green: She was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities. n. 12. something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture: The wet from the earth had made the basement unlivable. 13. damp weather; rain: Stay out of the wet as much as possible. 14. a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. 15. Informal (disparaging and offensive). a wetback. v.t. 16. to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes fol. by through or down): Wet your hands before soaping them. 17. to urinate on or in: The dog had wet the carpet. v.i. 18. to become wet (sometimes fol. by through or down): Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet. My jacket has wet through. 19. (of animals and children) to urinate. 20. wet out, to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency. 21. wet one's whistle. See whistle (def. 16). [bef. 900; ME wett, ptp. of weten, OE waetan to wet; r. ME weet, OE waet, c. OFris wet, ON vatr; akin to WATER] Syn. 1. dampened, drenched. 4. misty, drizzling. 7. humid. 12. wetness, humidity, dampness, dankness. 13. drizzle. 16. WET, DRENCH, SATURATE, SOAK imply moistening something. To WET is to moisten in any manner with water or other liquid: to wet or dampen a cloth. DRENCH suggests wetting completely as by a downpour: A heavy rain drenched the fields. SATURATE implies wetting to the limit of absorption: to saturate a sponge. To SOAK is to keep in a liquid for a time: to soak beans before baking. Ant. 1. dry. |
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