damp基本信息
读法：英 [dæmp] 美 [dæmp]
释义：
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英英释义
Noun:
"a moist breeze"
"eyes moist with tears"
"break a fall"
中英词源
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词源不详。
- damp
- damp: [14] The familiar adjectival use of damp as ‘slightly wet’ is a comparatively recent development, from the 18th century. When the word was first borrowed into English, from Middle Low German damp, it was a noun meaning ‘vapour’ (an application which survives in fire-damp). It comes ultimately from a Germanic base *thump-. The first line of semantic development taken by the word in English was of a ‘noxious exhalation’ (including gas or even smoke, not just vapour), and this is reflected in its earliest adjectival use, in the late 16th century, meaning ‘dazed’, as if affected by such harmful fumes; ‘with looks downcast and damp’, John Milton, Paradise Lost 1667.
Another contemporary sense was ‘noxious’. But the 17th century saw the noun used more and more for specifically wet turbidity: ‘mist’, or simply ‘moisture’. And this formed the basis of the present-day adjectival sense. - damp (n.)
- early 14c., "noxious vapor," perhaps in Old English but there is no record of it. If not, probably from Middle Low German damp; ultimately in either case from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (cognates: Old High German damph, German Dampf "vapor;" Old Norse dampi "dust"). Sense of "moisture, humidity" is first certainly attested 1706.
- damp (adj.)
- 1580s, "dazed," from damp (n.). Meaning "slightly wet" is from 1706. Related: Dampness.
- damp (v.)
- late 14c., "to suffocate," from damp (n.). Figurative meaning "to deaden (the spirits, etc.)" attested by 1540s. Meaning "to moisten" is recorded from 1670s. Related: Damped; damping.
词态变化
第三人称单数 damps;
过去式 damped;
过去分词 damped;
现在分词 damping;
比较级 damper;
最高级 dampest;
副词 damply;
权威造句
- 1. They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water"s edge.
- 他们全都光着脚走过潮湿的沙地来到水边。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp.
- 这个铺位的床垫很硬，毯子也很扎人，而且还有点潮。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. If damp, musty buildings make you ill, mould is probably the cause.
- 如果潮湿发霉的建筑令你生病了，霉菌很可能是病因。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Cracks, bulges, crumbling pointing and damp patches mean trouble.
- 裂缝、凸起、剥落的勾缝和湿斑都意味着存在问题。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.
- 有潮湿的木料和机油的气味。
来自柯林斯例句
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些形容词均有“潮湿的”之意。humid正式用词，特指空气与天气的潮湿，相对湿度大。
damp指吸进或覆盖着一点水份，常表示潮湿得使人不舒服。
moist指微湿，侧重不干，但并非湿得使人不快。
wet普通用词，指各种潮湿的状态。 这些动词均有“使潮湿”之意。
wet普通用词，一般指水所发挥的作用。
damp指全部弄湿，侧重状态。
soak多指浸没，侧重最后结果。
记忆方法
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