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词组 wet
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adjective | verb
wet1 /wet/ adjective 1. covered in or full of waternounswet clothes/trousers/socks etc You need to change out of your wet clothes.a wet towel/cloth Don’t leave wet towels on the bed! | He wiped the table with a wet cloth.wet hair She’d been swimming and her hair was still wet.wet feet/hands Make sure you have a good pair of walking boots, because you don’t want wet feet.wet grass He slipped on the wet grass and fell.a wet patch (=a small wet area) The car went out of control when she hit a wet patch on the road.wet things (=wet clothes) You’d better take those wet things off.adverbswet through (=with every part very wet) It never stopped raining and our clothes were wet through.soaking/sopping/wringing wet (=very wet) Her boots leaked and her socks were soaking wet.dripping wet (=so wet that water is dripping off) He ran out of the bathroom, dripping wet.slightly wet My hair was still slightly wet after my shower.verbsget wet We got very wet when we tried to give the dog a bath.get sth wet I didn’t want to get my feet wet.prepositionswet with sth His cheeks were wet with tears.phrasescold and wet I was too cold and wet to keep going.wet and muddy His boots were wet and muddy.Wet paint has not dried yet: Be careful – the paint is still wet.THESAURUS: wet soakedclothes | trousers | shirt very wet – used about clothes and people: My clothes were completely soaked. | His shirt was soaked with blood. | We got soaked on the way back home. | We were thoroughly soaked and feeling pretty miserable. | The poor little boy was soaked to the skin (=his clothes were completely soaked). | She was soaked through (=her clothes were completely soaked).Soaked is not used before a noun, except as rain-soaked/blood-soaked: the rain-soaked earth a blood-soaked handkerchief drenched very wet: Everyone got drenched when a huge wave hit the boat. | Her clothes were drenched in blood . | She was drenched in sweat.Drenched is not used before a noun, except in rain-drenched/sweat-drenched/blood-drenched: the rain-drenched streets his sweat-drenched body soggyground | paper | handkerchief | sandwich | bread | biscuit | vegetables | mess unpleasantly wet and soft: It had been raining hard and the ground was soggy underfoot. | She found a piece of soggy paper in one of her pockets. | His aunt pulled out a soggy handkerchief and wiped her eyes. | All I had to eat was a rather soggy sandwich. | He used too much mayonnaise and the bread was all soggy. | The vegetables will get soggy if you cook them for too long. | If it rains, the big flowers collapse into a soggy mess. sodden BrEclothes | ground very wet with water: They just wanted to get out of their sodden clothes. | The rain had stopped hours ago, but the ground was still sodden. | They made their way through the sodden vegetation. boggyground | area boggy ground is very wet and muddy: The soldiers were having difficulty moving across the boggy ground. | This plant grows in boggy areas. saturatedground | clothes | soil extremely wet, and unable to take in any more water or liquid: Our clothes were saturated. | The floods were the result of heavy rainfall on already saturated soil. | His bandage was saturated with blood. waterloggedground | field | pitch if the ground is waterlogged, it has water on its surface because it is so wet that it cannot take in any more: There could be flooding if it rains, because the ground is waterlogged. | Last Saturday’s game was cancelled because the field was waterlogged.Adverbs with words meaning wetYou say very wet or wet through, but you say completely soaked/drenched/saturated/waterlogged.ANTONYMS dry (1)2. rainynounsa wet day/afternoon/morning etc One wet weekend, we decided to go for a walk.a wet summer/spring/winter etc It’s been a fairly wet summer this year.a wet climate The west of Scotland has a wet climate.wet weather In wet weather, we usually play indoors.a wet spell (=a wet period of time) If there is a wet spell after a dry summer, the plant may flower again.the wet season (=the time of the year when it rains a lot) It’s a very dry area and only has rain in the wet season.phrasescold and wet It was cold and wet – not the weather to be sleeping in a tent.THESAURUS: wet rainyANTONYMS dry (2)
adjective | verb
wet2 /wet/ verb to deliberately make something wetnounswet your hair Wet your hair and apply the shampoo.wet a cloth/towel She wetted the cloth again and placed it on his hot forehead. wet your lips He stopped for a moment to wet his lips with his tongue.Get something wet is used to say that something is made wet accidentally: She didn’t like getting her hair wet when she swam.
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