dampen

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet. transitive
  2. To become damp or moist. intransitive
  3. To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things). transitive
    — We won't let the bad news dampen our spirits.
  4. To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy). proscribed,transitive
  5. To become damped or deadened. intransitive

词形变化

dampens present,singular,third-person dampening participle,present dampened participle,past dampened past

词汇关系

衍生词
dampen down dampener dampeningly dampen off redampen undampened

词源

Etymology tree
English damp
English -en
English dampen
From damp + -en.
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