wet

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈwet/|[ˈwet]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Liquid or moisture. countable,uncountable
    — Now the sun, with more effectual beams, / Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet / From drooping plant.
  2. Rainy weather. countable,uncountable
    — Don't go out in the wet.
  3. Rainy season. (often capitalized) Australia,countable,uncountable
    — They'll be in the camp […] before the Wet's out, mark my words.
  4. A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. UK,countable,derogatory,uncountable
  5. An alcoholic drink. colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — ‘A pity,’ said Jim, ‘I thought we was going to have a free wet.’
  6. One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition. US,colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — The drys were as unhappy with the second part of the speech as the wets were with the first half.
  7. A tyre for use in wet weather. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — Wets, designed to channel water away from underneath the tyres, maximise grip and minimise the chance of aquaplaning.
  8. A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie. colloquial,countable,derogatory,uncountable
    — Above all, he [Nigel Molesworth] is his own man, resolutely committed to a view of life that divides his fellow pupils into 'sissies', 'wets', 'swots' and 'old lags'.
  9. Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”). alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cover or impregnate with liquid. transitive
    — There is scanty room for a railway, and in many places the rails are wetted by the spray from the Illecillewaet, which is the Indian word for a raging torrent.
  2. To make or become wet. intransitive,transitive
    — I try to show emotion, but my eyes won't seem to wet
  3. To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination. transitive
    — Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
  4. To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate. transitive
  5. To celebrate by drinking alcohol. informal,transitive
    — to wet the baby’s head
  6. To kill or seriously injure. Multicultural-London-English,US,slang
    — I'm coming to get ya, I'm coming to get ya / Spitting out lyrics, homie, I'll wet ya
  7. Misspelling of whet. alt-of,misspelling
形容词 adj.
  1. Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
    — Water is wet.
  2. Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
    — I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
  3. Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
    — A chimichanga (MWCD: 1982) is a burrito that is deep-fried, rather than baked, and is served in the fashion of a wet burrito.
  4. Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
    — This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.
  5. Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
  6. Of weather or a time period: rainy.
    — It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
  7. Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
    — This fighter jet's engine is rated for a maximum wet thrust of 450 kilonewtons, more than twice its max dry thrust, but the afterburner eats up a huge amount of fuel.
  8. Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie. slang
    — That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.
  9. Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions. slang,vulgar
    — He got me all wet.
  10. Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character. UK,slang
    — "Wet! What currency that bit of slang has—and what awful power. It took me a long time to find out what the word meant, but after long research I think that I know. A man is wet if he isn't a 'regular guy'; he is wet if he isn't 'smooth'; he is wet if he has intellectual interests and lets the mob discover them; and, strangely enough, he is wet by the same token if he is utterly stupid. He is wet if he doesn't show at least a tendency to dissipate, but he isn't wet if he dissipates to excess. A man will be branded as wet for any of these reasons, and once he is so branded, he might as well leave college … "
  11. Permitting alcoholic beverages. retronym
    — The wet states would be "the greatest beneficiaries" because the amendment would root out the liquor traffic within their cities.
  12. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. archaic,slang
    — c. 1694, Matthew Prior, “Celia to Damon” […] When my lost Lover the tall Ship ascends, / With Musick gay, and wet with Iovial Friends […]
  13. Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
  14. Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
    — the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed
  15. Involving assassination or "wet work". euphemistic,slang
    — a wet affair; a wet job; wet stuff
  16. Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry). slang
  17. Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance. colloquial,dated,obsolete
    — 1811. John Adams, Letter to the Boston Patriot, §25. Reprinted in 1856. Charles Francis Adams (ed.), The Life of John Adams, Second President of The United States. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 661. The Catholics thought him almost a Catholic. The Church of England claimed him as one of them. The Presbyterians thought him half a Presbyterian, and the Friends believed him a wet Quaker. The dissenting clergymen in England and America were among the most distinguished asserters and propagators of his renown. Indeed, all sects considered him, and I believe justly, a friend to unlimited toleration in matters of religion.
  18. With a usual complement or consummation; potent.

词形变化

wetter comparative wettest superlative wets plural wets present,singular,third-person wetting participle,present wet participle,past wet past wetted participle,past wetted past

词汇关系

近义词
bewatered damp drenched dripping drunk humid irriguous madid moist moisty overwatered plashy saturated soaked sodden soggy soppy spewy spongy squidgy thoan thone undried watered waterlogged watery wet wetter than an otter's pocket wiery
反义词
dry
下位词
bedewed dank doty juicy marshy muggy
衍生词
adequately wet all wet angry as a wet hen bed-wet draw a wet sponge across the slate dripping wet feet wet get one's dick wet get one's feet wet get wet hanging wet bag heavy wet like a wet weekend mad as a wet hen miserable as a wet hen pass a wet sponge over the slate pea wet ridden hard and put away wet ride hard and put away wet ride someone hard and put them away wet rode hard and put up wet soaking wet sopping wet the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet throw a wet blanket on water is wet way out of a wet paper bag wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer wet and messy wet and messy fetishism wet and warm wet arm system wet bag wet bar wet bargain wet behind the ears wet beriberi wet-blanketry wet blanket wet-blanket wet bob wet boy wet brain wet break wet bulb wet-bulb wet bulbing wet bulb temperature wet-bulb temperature wet cell wet check wet chemical wet chemistry wet cough wet cupping wet dock wet dog shakes wet dream wet dress rehearsal wet edge time wet end wet fart wet firecracker wet fish wet fly wet food wet gas wet goods wet haze wet heater wet job wet lab wet-lab wetland wet lease wet-leasing wetlook wet lung syndrome wet market wet mass wet meadow wet meter wet mop wet mount wet Nelly wet noodle wet-noodle wet nurse wet one's clay wet one's pants wet-on-wet wet pack wet pail wet pailing wet palette wet plate wet play wet porch wet rag wet riser wet room wet rot wet-rot wet sanding wet-sanding wet sand wet-sand wet season wet shaving wet signature wet stacking wetsuit wet sump wet tech wetter than an otter's pocket wet the bed wet through wet t-shirt competition wet t-shirt contest wet-un wetware wet-weather wet weed wet well wet willy wet wipe wetwork wild as a wet hen wringing wet wet the shamrock bewet wet down wet my lips wet one's beak wet oneself wet one's whistle wet out wetted area wetten wet the baby's head wet the other eye wetting
相关词
moist liquid

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water).
Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).
词源 2
From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water).
Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).
词源 3
From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water).
Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).
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