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wetting

/wet/US // wɛt //UK // (wɛt) //

润湿,润化,润色,润湿性

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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 Mediterranean climate is cool and dry during the summer, and wet in the winter.

  • Morales, the York teacher, stood on the sidelines, wet and shivering.

  • Dry ingredients and wet ingredients might need to be combined in separate bowls before they can be mixed together.

  • Mark this rechargeable iRobot wet and dry robot mop down for anyone on your list who could use a break.

  • The boy said if a diaper was wet in the morning, he would be beaten, sometimes with a belt across the back or chest, the affidavit says.

  • If you Google “Muslim Christmas tree star” you will see a list of right-wing websites wetting their pants over this.

  • Not a lot of people probably remember your first movie role—as the pants-wetting soccer player in Superbad.

  • The crowd at the midnight showing of Veronica Mars was on the verge of wetting itself.

  • Got to add global blowing and global wetting to list of climate concerns.

  • Symptoms during the early stages include detachment and aggression as well as insomnia, bed-wetting, and nightmares.

  • In a word, you seem in your Dunciad, to have been angry at the rain for wetting you, why then would you go into it?

  • He had been under water a dangerously long time before Stranack, who had suffered no more than a wetting, had found him.

  • The water was cold, but I didn't mind the wetting much, and took the precaution to hold fast to the tail of the largest ox.

  • He heartily wished then that he had stood firmly for the agreement, or, failing to secure his rights, had taken the wetting.

  • She was obliged to wade through, but escaped a serious wetting by walking on her heels.