wet是什么意思_wet怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

wet: wet: [OE] Wet is closely related to water. Together with Swedish våat, Danish vaad, Norwegian vaat, Ice-landic votur, and Frisian wiet, wiat, it was formed from the same prehistoric base as produced English water.
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wet (adj.): Old English wæt "moist, rainy, liquid," also as a noun. "moisture, liquid drink," from Proto-Germanic *weta- (source also of Old Frisian wet ). Also from cognate Old Norse vatr; all from PIE *wed- (1) "water, wet" (see water (n.1)). Of paint, ink, etc., "not yet dry" from 1510s. Opposed to dry in reference to the U.S. battles over prohibition from 1870. Wet blanket "person who has a dispiriting effect" is recorded from 1871, from use of blankets drenched in water to smother fires (the phrase is attested in this literal sense from 1660s).
Do we not know them, those wet blankets who come down on our pleasant little fires and extinguish them, with no more ruth than the rain feels when it pours on the encampment of the merry picnic party, or floods the tents of a flower show? ["Wet Blankets," in "Godey"s Lady"s Book and Magazine," February, 1871]
All wet "in the wrong" is recorded from 1923, American English; earlier simply wet "ineffectual," and perhaps ultimately from slang meaning "drunken" (c. 1700). Wet-nurse is from 1610s. The diver"s wet-suit is from 1955. Wet dream is from 1851; in the same sense Middle English had ludificacioun "an erotic dream."
He knew som tyme a man of religion, þat gaff hym gretelie vnto chastitie bothe of his harte & of his body noghtwithstondyng he was tempid with grete ludificacions on þe nyght. ["Alphabet of Tales," c. 1450]
wet (v.): Old English wætan "to wet, moisten, water; be or become wet;" see wet (adj.). From mid-15c. as "to intoxicate" (oneself). Meaning "urinate" is by 1925. Related: Wetted; wetting.
wet (n.): Old English wæt (see wet (adj.)).

词态变化

复数 wets;
第三人称单数 wets;
过去式 wetted;
过去分词 wetted;
现在分词 wetting;
比较级 wetter;
最高级 wettest;
副词 wetly;
名词 wetness;
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权威造句

1. It"s enough to make you wet yourself, if you"ll pardon the expression.: 这足以吓得你尿裤子了，请原谅我这么说。

2. I lay the painting flat to stop the wet paint running.: 我把油画平放以防止未干的颜料流动。

3. James came out of his bedroom, toweling his wet hair.: 詹姆斯从卧室出来，用毛巾擦着他湿漉漉的头发。

4. When assembling the pie, wet the edges where the two crusts join.: 捏合馅饼时，要弄湿两张饼皮粘连的地方。

5. If the weather is wet or cold choose an indoor activity.: 如果碰上下雨天或是严寒天气，就选择一项室内活动。

近反义词

adj.

damp

moist

raining

rainy

foolish

dampness

drizzle

liquid

moisture

rain

water

wetness

damp

dip

spray

sprinkle

steep

water

相似短语

wet web 湿纸幅

wet weft 湿纡

wet well 湿井，出水井

be wet with sweat 汗水湿透

wet weight 湿重

wet swelling 吸湿膨胀

wet by sweat 汗濡；潮腐蚀见sweat damage.

wet drilli wet construction partition 湿钻孔

wet on wet painting 湿态喷漆法

get wet 被淋湿,被弄湿,被浸湿

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。

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