Dampen



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 使) 潮湿; 使沮丧, 泼凉水
• ［英］ v. ( 使) 潮湿 ( to make damp; moisten) 使沮丧, 泼凉水 ( to deaden, depress, reduce, or lessen)
• ［记］ 来自damp ( 潮湿的) +en -> 使...潮湿

Webster Collegiate

verb (dampened; dampening)

• Date: 1547
• transitive verb
  • 1. to check or diminish the activity or vigor of ; deaden <the heat dampened our spirits>
  • 2. to make damp <the shower barely dampened the ground>
  • 3. damp 1c
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become damp
  • 2. to become deadened or depressed
• ? dampener noun

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