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wetted

/wet/US // wɛt //UK // (wɛt) //

湿润的,沾湿的,润湿的,沾水

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    wet·ter, wet·test.

    • : moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
    • : in a liquid form or state: wet paint.
    • : characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.
    • : moistened or dampened with rain; rainy: Wet streets make driving hazardous.
    • : allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet town.
    • : characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.: the wet season.
    • : laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, especially water vapor: There was a wet breeze from the west.
    • : Informal. intoxicated. marked by drinking: a wet night.
    • : using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes.
n.名词 noun
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    • : something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture: The wet from the earth had made the basement unlivable.
    • : damp weather; rain: Stay out of the wet as much as possible.
    • : a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
    • : Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. wetback.
v.有主动词 verb
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    wet or wet·ted, wet·ting.

    • : to make wet, as by moistening or soaking: Wet your hands before soaping them.
    • : to urinate on or in: The dog had wet the carpet.
v.无主动词 verb
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    wet or wet·ted, wet·ting.

    • : to become wet: Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet. My jacket has wet through.
    • : to urinate.

Phrases

  • wet behind the ears
  • wet blanket
  • wet one's whistle
  • all wet
  • get one's feet wet
  • like (wet as) a drowned rat
  • mad as a hornet (wet hen)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The dressing should be wet and all of the bread moistened, but not soupy.

  • The Giants said they would hold meetings remotely Friday but would practice in person at MetLife Stadium because of wet grounds at their adjacent training facility.

  • As the planet warms, hurricanes are growing wetter and more destructive.

  • I don’t want to get wet, so I put on a raincoat or a rain hat.

  • I started out working in a structural biology and a cell biology wet lab, and was very bad at that!

  • A German receiver can be washed out like a teacup, and the oil collected is of value, but a meerschaum should never be wetted.

  • The slush fairly smothered or blanketed the shell but I was wetted through and was stung up properly with small gravel.

  • The yacht hung upon the waves sluggishly, so close in upon the reefs that the spray, dashing over, wetted the boys aboard.

  • I do not know how long it lasted; but presently, as I may testify, I saw Orme rise and kick at the wetted, bloodstained blanket.

  • But as she held him by the ankles they were not wetted, and so he could be wounded in them.