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dampness

/damp/US // dæmp //UK // (dæmp) //

潮湿,潮湿度,潮湿性,潮湿程度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    damp·er, damp·est.

    • : slightly wet; moist: damp weather;a damp towel.
    • : unenthusiastic; halfhearted; tepid: The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
    • : dejected; depressed: I went shopping to lift my damp spirits.
n.名词 noun
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    • : moisture; humidity; moist air: damp that goes through your warmest clothes.
    • : a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, especially in a mine.
    • : depression of spirits; dejection.
    • : a restraining or discouraging force or factor.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to make damp; moisten.
    • : to check or retard the energy, action, etc., of; deaden; dampen: A series of failures damped her enthusiasm.
    • : to stifle or suffocate; extinguish: to damp a furnace.
    • : Acoustics, Music. to check or retard the action of; dull; deaden.
    • : Physics. to cause a decrease in amplitude of.
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    • : damp off, Plant Pathology. to undergo damping-off.

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Examples

  • After all, their homeland was a damp, wet rainforest, not exactly the perfect place for mummifying fossils, since all that moisture helps organic material decay.

  • Throw any damp layers from the day into the bottom of your bag — your body heat will help dry them.

  • Also, keep in mind that the PageRank algorithm has a “damping factor”.

  • Carry a container of fire-starting fuels in your survival kit for these frigid and damp occasions.

  • In the reishi fruiting room, the air was so thick with spores I could taste their soft, damp bitterness.

  • Where the dampness is excessive the fronds take on an unhealthy appearance, and mould may appear.

  • It had come on to rain, and the raw dampness mingled itself with the dusky uproar of the Strand.

  • It should always be erected on dry ground, rather than upon moist, so that no dampness may arise and injure the leaves in curing.

  • At the level of the ground there should be a course of hollow vitrified brick to exclude dampness and to give ventilation.

  • Such a position affords the best natural drainage, removes dampness, avoids inundations, gives full sunlight and the purer air.