Word · Frequency #3845
damps
/dæmp/
noun
潮湿;湿气
damps is the plural of damp.
Slight wetness or moisture, especially in the air.
- 1.
Moisture; humidity; dampness.
湿气;湿度;潮湿。
- 2.
a slight wetness
轻微的湿润
湿气;湿度;潮湿。;轻微的湿润;潮湿;湿气
In use
The basement had a musty damp after the flood.
She wiped away the damp from the window pane.
The cold damp of the cave seeped into our bones.
Connections
Collocations
- rising damp
- 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。
- damp patch
- 潮湿斑点;湿渍
- There's a damp patch on the ceiling.天花板上有一块湿渍。
- damp course
- 防潮层
- The house has a new damp course.这栋房子装了新的防潮层。
- smell of damp
- 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。
- damp in the air
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象水坝(dam)旁空气湿漉漉,damp 就是这股湿气、潮湿。
Context & Register
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
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
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
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