单词 | damper |
释义 | damper n.   1. a person or thing that discourages, or tempers enthusiasm.   2. a device that reduces shock or noise.   3. a metal plate in a flue to control the draught, and so the rate of combustion.   4. Mus. a pad silencing a piano string except when removed by means of a pedal or by the note's being struck.   5. esp. Austral. & NZ unleavened bread or cake of flour and water baked in wood ashes. Phrases and idioms put a damper on take the vigour or enjoyment out of. |
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