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dampening

/dam-puhn/US // ˈdæm pən //UK // (ˈdæmpən) //

减震,阻尼,减振,减震作用

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
    • : to dull or deaden; depress: to dampen one's spirits.
    • : damp.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become damp.

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Examples

  • Over the past six months, doctors have found that steroids, and in particular one called dexamethasone, can dampen these reactions.

  • It’s just what it sounds like – a battery built into the body of a car in a way that allows it to dampen stresses to the car’s frame.

  • Stabilization is provided not just from the rigidity of the carbon support pole but also by its ability to dampen vibrations induced by your grip.

  • Studies show that semaglutide, the key ingredient in Ozempic, “dampens systemic inflammation” in people with diabetes and obesity, Thomsen said.

  • The ice also helps dampen the impacts of intense winter storms and flooding on coastal communities, he adds.

  • The heat makes beads of sweat run down your armpits and traverse your hips before dampening your drawers.

  • Indeed, Bernanke complained that fiscal policy was dampening growth.

  • If you think the pill is dampening your sex drive, it might be time to end your relationship with oral contraceptives.

  • The market for new houses turned down sharply last month, dampening hopes for a rapid recovery.

  • The visitors, seeing how distressed the General was, by tacit consent avoided the subject, but everyone felt the dampening effect.

  • "All right," said Betty, with a lack of enthusiasm that fell with a dampening effect upon Mollie's ears.

  • The rain came on just then and perhaps assisted in dampening their ardour.

  • Those at work dampening and ironing—peculiar processes both.

  • It may be a deadly, dampening chill checking the fire that is naturally in the truth.