词组 | damp |
释义 | damp /dæmp/ adjective 1. slightly wet, often in an unpleasant waynounsa damp cloth/towel Wipe the leather with a damp cloth.damp hair Meg’s hair was still damp from her shower.damp clothes The room smelled of damp clothes.damp earth/soil/ground/grass Worms crawled through the damp earth.damp air/atmosphere The damp air is bad for my lungs.a damp wall/surface Paper was peeling off the damp walls.a damp patch There were damp patches on the ceiling where water had leaked through.adverbsslightly damp The towel was still slightly damp.verbsfeel/smell/look damp The air felt damp.phrasescold and damp The church was cold and damp.damp with sweat/tears His T-shirt was damp with sweat.THESAURUS: damp moistsoil | earth | lips | eyes | skin | cake | air slightly wet in a pleasant way, or in the way that something should be: The cream helps to keep your skin moist. | The cake was beautifully moist. | Warm moist air is flowing from the Gulf of Mexico. clammyhands | skin | palm clammy hands or skin feel slightly wet and sticky, in an unpleasant way: Ben was nervous and his hands felt clammy. | Her skin was hot and clammy after all the exercise. dank literaryroom | corridor | tunnel | basement | smell | air unpleasantly damp and cold – used especially about rooms and smells: Theresa had to sleep in a dank little room in the basement. | The dank corridors led to a courtyard. | It was a small dark room with a dank smell. | The cold dank air chilled him.2. if the weather is damp, it often rains and there is a lot of moisture in the airnounsa damp day It was a cold damp day in November.damp weather/conditions The weather was too damp for drying clothes outside.damp climate The damp climate made the land less suitable for growing wheat.phrasesdark and damp It was a dark and damp November morning.THESAURUS: damp humidweather | climate | air | atmosphere | heat | summer | night | day humid weather or air is very hot and damp: The hot and humid weather was making him feel tired. | It gets very humid in Tokyo in the summer. muggynight | day | afternoon | weather | air | heat muggy weather is warm and damp, and makes you feel uncomfortable: It was a hot and muggy night, and it was difficult to sleep. | The muggy weather gives me a headache. | The relentless muggy heat made my skin feel as if it had been smeared with syrup. | It’s really muggy – I wish it would rain.Muggy or humid?These words are very similar in meaning. You use humid especially when talking about places that are very hot and damp in summer, for example Tokyo or Hong Kong. You use muggy especially when talking about the weather in places such as England, where the weather is less hot.Muggy is always used when saying that the weather makes you feel uncomfortable. Humid can be used in a more neutral way – you can say This plant prefers humid conditions. You wouldn’t use muggy in this sentence.THESAURUS: damp → rainy |
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