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damp

Word family 
damp1 /dæmp/ ●●○ adjectiveadj
1  WETslightly wet, often in an unpleasant way 潮濕的
Wipe the leather with a damp cloth.
用濕布擦拭皮面。
a cold, damp day
寒冷潮濕的一天
► see thesaurus at wet
2. damp squib DISAPPOINTED British EnglishBrE informal something that is intended to be exciting, effective etc, but which is disappointing 〔未達到預期效果而〕使人失望的事；濕水爆竹
Examples from the Corpus
damp squib• The fireworks display that heralded the opening of Antwerp 93 went off like a damp squib.• The traditional Easter turkey boom - the second biggest after Christmas - was a damp squib because hard-up families bought cheaper chickens.
—dampness noun [uncountableU]
—damply adverbadv
 THESAURUS
things 物體
damp slightly wet 潮濕的
Iron the shirt while it is still damp.
趁襯衫還沒有全幹的時候熨燙。
a damp cloth
一塊濕布
moist slightly wet, especially when this is pleasant or how something should be 濕潤的〔尤指令人感覺舒服或本應如此〕
a moist chocolate cake
滑潤的巧克力蛋糕
The cream helps to keep your skin moist.
這種乳霜可以讓您的肌膚保持滋潤。
Make sure that the soil is moist.
要確保土壤濕潤。
clammy slightly wet and sticky, in an unpleasant way – used especially about someone’s skin 〔尤指皮膚〕又濕又黏的
His hands were cold and clammy.
他的雙手冷冰冰、黏糊糊的。
air/weather 空氣/天氣
damp slightly wet, especially in a cold unpleasant way 潮濕的〔尤指寒冷、令人不適〕
It was a cold damp morning.
這是個寒冷潮濕的早晨。
humid hot and damp in an unpleasant way 濕熱的
Florida can be very humid in the summer.
佛羅裏達夏天有時非常濕熱。
muggy warm and damp and making you feel uncomfortable 悶熱潮濕的
This muggy weather gives me a headache.
這種悶熱潮濕的天氣讓我頭痛。
dank dank air is cold and damp and smells unpleasant – used especially about the air inside a room 〔尤指室内空氣〕潮濕陰冷的
The dank air smelled of stale sweat.
潮濕陰冷的空氣裏有汗臭味。
Examples from the Corpus
damp• Be careful you don't slip - the grass is damp.• Don't put that shirt on. It's still damp.• My hair's still a little damp.• He loved the smell of the woods, and the damp alluvial soil that covered these mountains like a blanket.• It would not be damp and she would not be so weary.• Wipe with a damp cloth and grill them, or top each one with a spoonful of stuffing, then bake.• Clean the counter with a damp cloth.• Leonora lay gasping, arms outflung, eyes closed, her hair a tangled mass of damp curls against the pillow.• It's cold and damp outside - make sure you wear a warm coat.• Just wipe off the surface with a damp paper towel.• The great avenues of live oaks meant to grace their approaches now just cast a damp shade.• There was a damp spot on the ceiling.• Then it dashed to the ground near me, dug under a leaf, and pulled up a damp spruce cone.• Sleeping bags can become damp through normal use.• Hair sprouted in damp, unexplored crevices.• At first I hated the damp weather in Britain.
damp2 noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE
1 WETwater in walls or in the air that causes things to be slightly wet 潮濕；濕氣
Damp had stained the walls.
牆上留下了潮濕的痕迹。
Examples from the Corpus
damp• The constant cold and damp made Tony feel even worse.• A cold damp hung about the beechwood furniture and clung to the velour drapes.• He gazed at the tiny drops of damp caught in the electric of her hair.• The damp retreated down the walls, the gardens came back to life and there was fresh food in the kitchen.
damp3 verb [transitiveT]
1.to dampen something 使潮濕
2.damp something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v BURNto make a fire burn more slowly, often by covering it with ash 減弱〔火勢〕，〔常指用蓋灰的方法〕封〔火〕
Examples from the Corpus
damp down• Sandra: I turned a tap on and damped it down.• Then, as he climbed higher, a thick, damp mist came down and covered everything.• The damp retreated down the walls, the gardens came back to life and there was fresh food in the kitchen.
Examples from the Corpus
damp• Political upheaval in the Soviet Union damped demand in that market.• The ground mist clung closely to the hedgerows, discouraging the birds and damping down all sound.• She predicted that 1996 will damp employment growth in New Jersey.• The low price of soybeans has damped farmers' interest in the crop.• Holidays in Tokyo and New York damped interest today.• Brownian motion is always present, but it is damped out in some dynamical systems and magnified in others.• A soft retail sales environment and pre-Christmas snowstorms damped results for many retailers.• They tend to avoid US-style controls for damping sudden speculative movements by closing down a market for a particular period.• Damp the sound with the pedal after each beat.
Origin damp1
(1300-1400) Middle Low German
damp1 adjectiveadj →THESAURUS1damp2 noundamp3 verb
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