it is muggy (in/outside)
常用 it 作主语来描述天气闷热，不用来修饰人。
It was so muggy that we couldn't sleep.
天气闷热得让我们睡不着觉。
闷热；湿热
muggiest — superlative of muggy
潮湿的,或闷热潮湿的。；炎热或温暖且潮湿；闷热的
hot and humid; humid
潮湿的,或闷热潮湿的。
Humid, or hot and humid.
炎热或温暖且潮湿
hot or warm and humid
The weather was so muggy that I could barely breathe.
天气闷热潮湿，我几乎喘不过气来。
用法提示：muggy 描述天气又热又湿，令人不适。
AI contextual example
After the rain stopped, the air felt even more muggy than before.
雨停之后，空气感觉比之前更加闷热潮湿。
用法提示：muggy 形容雨后潮湿闷热的空气。
AI contextual example
I prefer a dry heat to a muggy one.
比起闷热潮湿，我更喜欢干热。
用法提示：muggy 修饰 one，指代天气类型，突出潮湿闷热的特点。
AI contextual example
常用 it 作主语来描述天气闷热，不用来修饰人。
It was so muggy that we couldn't sleep.
天气闷热得让我们睡不着觉。
muggy 常作定语，修饰天气、季节或时段类名词。
We spent a muggy afternoon waiting for the storm.
我们在一个闷热的下午等待暴风雨来临。
可接在 feel 等感官动词后，描述空气或环境给人的感觉。
The air in the room felt muggy and stale.
房间里的空气又闷又潮。
用 get 或 become 表示天气转为闷热潮湿。
It gets muggy here before it rains.
这里下雨前会变得闷热潮湿。
grammar · medium
易错句子The muggy makes me sleepy.
正确表达The muggy weather makes me sleepy.
muggy 只是形容词，不能像汉语“这种闷热”那样单独作名词；形容词后面必须接被修饰的名词，如 weather、air、afternoon。
grammar · medium
易错句子It's more muggier than yesterday.
正确表达It's muggier than yesterday.
muggy 的比较级由词尾加 -er 构成 muggier，已经带比较标记，再加 more 就成了双重比较级；单音节及双音节形容词只用其中一种形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子My clothes are still muggy.
正确表达My clothes are still damp.
muggy 只形容空气或天气闷热潮湿，不形容衣物、墙壁等物体表面潮湿；这类“湿”要用 damp 或 wet。
humid 只强调空气里水汽多，不说明冷热；muggy 则指又热又潮、让人憋闷的天气。
sultry 也指炎热潮湿，但语体偏文学，常描写压抑的氛围；muggy 是日常天气词，口语和书面都常用。
stuffy 多指室内空气不流通、憋闷；muggy 指室外空气又热又潮，常与天气或空气搭配。
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