/wet ||; wɛt/adj (
wetter;wettest)
1 covered in a liquid, especially water 湿的;潮湿的: wet clothes/hair/grass/roads 湿的衣服╱头发╱草╱路Don't get your feet wet. 别把脚弄湿。 ☞ Moist means slightly wet. Damp is used to describe things that are slightly wet and feel unpleasant because of it Don't sit on the grass. It's damp. moist指微湿。damp也指微湿,但会令人感到不舒服:Don't sit on the grass. It's damp.别坐在草地上,草很潮。
2 (used about the weather, etc) with a lot of rain (指天气等)多雨的: a wet day 雨天
3 (used about paint, etc) not yet dry or hard (指油漆等)未干的: The ink is still wet. 墨水还未干。 [OPP] for sense 1 2, and 3 dry 第1、2及3义项的反义词皆为dry。
4 (
informal 非正式) (used about a person) without energy or enthusiasm (指人)没精力的,欠热情的
the wet noun [sing]
Come in out of the wet (= the rainy weather). 进来,不要被雨淋着。 a wet blanket(
informal 非正式) a person who spoils other people's fun, especially because he or she refuses to take part in sth 扫兴的人
wet through extremely wet 湿透