Word · Frequency #3845
damps
抑制；使气馁；打消
damps is the third person singular of damp.
Restrain or discourage (someone or something).
- 1.
To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
通过将能量转化为热能(或其他形式的能量)来抑制振动(机械)或振荡(电气)。
- 2.
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
减弱(声音或噪音),尤其是通过包裹
- 3.
restrain or discourage
抑制或阻碍
减弱（声音）；降低（噪音）；阻尼；减振；通过将能量转化为热能(或其他形式的能量)来抑制振动(机械)或振荡(电气)。；减弱(声音或噪音),尤其是通过包裹；抑制或阻碍
In use
The thick curtains help damp the noise from the street.
He damped the sound of the piano by placing a cloth on the strings.
The rain damps everyone's enthusiasm for the outdoor picnic.
the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere
Verb forms
base damp · third person damps · -ing damping · past damped · past participle damped
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- damp vibrations
- 抑制振动
- The suspension system is designed to damp vibrations from the road.该悬挂系统旨在抑制来自路面的振动。
- damp oscillations
- 阻尼振荡，抑制振荡
- These resistors help damp oscillations in the circuit.这些电阻有助于抑制电路中的振荡。
- damp noise
- 减弱噪音
- Thick curtains can help damp noise from the street.厚窗帘有助于减弱来自街道的噪音。
- damp enthusiasm
- 打消热情，使热情降低
- The bad weather did nothing to damp the children’s enthusiasm.坏天气丝毫没有减弱孩子们的热情。
- damp spirits
- 使情绪低落，打击士气
- The team’s loss did little to damp their spirits.球队的失利并没有挫伤他们的士气。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 damp 里的 dam 想成水坝：水坝能拦住水流，damp 就是“挡”住振动、声音或热情。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：technical/physics texts、sound engineering、formal writing “damp”作动词时，多用于技术或正式语境（如物理中的阻尼、减弱噪音），日常口语中较少直接使用，更常用“dampen”。因此这里标为混合语域。
Grammar Note
常用于表示减弱声音或噪音，如 damp the sound
Pronunciation & Spelling
damp /dæmp/ 与 lamp、camp、stamp、cramp、tramp、amp 押韵，均为 /-æmp/ 读音。注意形近但读音不同的词：dumb /dʌm/、dump /dʌmp/、dampen /ˈdæmpən/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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