rising damp
collocation上升潮气（从地面渗入墙体的湿气）
The walls were stained by rising damp.
墙壁被上升潮气染上了污渍。
潮湿；湿气
damps — plural of damp
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潮湿；湿气
Slight wetness or moisture, especially in the air.
The basement had a musty damp after the flood.
洪水过后，地下室有一股发霉的湿气。
湿气；湿度；潮湿。
Moisture; humidity; dampness.
轻微的湿润
a slight wetness
She wiped away the damp from the window pane.
她擦去了窗玻璃上的水汽。
The cold damp of the cave seeped into our bones.
洞穴里的寒冷湿气渗入了我们的骨髓。
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上升潮气（从地面渗入墙体的湿气）
The walls were stained by rising damp.
墙壁被上升潮气染上了污渍。
潮湿斑点；湿渍
There's a damp patch on the ceiling.
天花板上有一块湿渍。
防潮层
The house has a new damp course.
这栋房子装了新的防潮层。
潮湿的气味；霉味
The room had a musty smell of damp.
房间里有一股发霉的潮味。
空气中的湿气；潮湿的空气
You can feel the damp in the air.
你能感觉到空气中的潮气。
哑炮；令人失望的事情
The much-hyped movie was a damp squib.
那部被大肆宣传的电影令人大失所望。
抑制；平息；减轻
The new policy was meant to damp down inflation.
这项新政策旨在抑制通货膨胀。
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想象水坝(dam)旁空气湿漉漉，damp 就是这股湿气、潮湿。
语域：neutral 常见场景：weather description、rising damp、literary writing 这个义项表示‘潮湿、湿气’，多用于书面语或固定搭配（如‘rising damp’返潮），日常口语中有时直接用‘moisture’或‘dampness’。i
这些词都以 /-æmp/ 结尾，与 damp /dæmp/ 押韵。注意：dam /dæm/（水坝）和 damn /dæm/（该死）拼写相似，但以 /m/ 结尾，读音不同；dame /deɪm/（夫人）也拼写相似，但元音不同。
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