Word · Frequency #23617
wetness
湿润；潮湿
the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid, especially water
- 1.
The condition of being wet.
潮湿的状态。
- 2.
Moisture.
湿气；水分。
- 3.
Rainy or damp weather.
多雨或潮湿的天气。
潮湿的状态。；湿气；水分。；多雨或潮湿的天气。；湿润；下雨；[机] 水蒸气湿度
In use
The wetness of the grass after the rain made our shoes soak through.
I could feel the wetness on my skin after the shower.
The dog shook itself, spreading wetness around the room.
the wetness of [noun]
wetness 通常作不可数名词，表示“湿润、潮湿”，of 后接具体对象。
The wetness of the grass after the rain made the path slippery.
雨后小草的湿润使小路变得湿滑。
there is wetness on/in [noun]
在存在句型中，wetness 作不可数名词，谓语用单数，介词 on/in 表位置。
There was wetness on the bathroom mirror after the shower.
淋浴后浴室的镜子上有湿气。
notice/feel wetness
感官动词（如 notice、feel）可直接接 wetness 作宾语，后面常接介词短语说明位置。
Connections
Collocations
- degree of wetness
- 湿润程度
- The degree of wetness of the towel surprised me.毛巾的湿润程度让我吃惊。
- soil wetness
- 土壤湿度
- Farmers measure soil wetness before planting.农民在种植前测量土壤湿度。
- surface wetness
- 表面潮湿
- The surface wetness made the floor slippery.表面潮湿使地板很滑。
- feel the wetness
- 感到潮湿
- She could feel the wetness of the grass through her socks.她能透过袜子感到草地的潮湿。
- residual wetness
- 残留水分
- Wipe off any residual wetness before storing the device.存放设备前擦掉任何残留水分。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
wet（湿）加上名词尾巴-ness，wetness 就是“湿润、潮湿”的状态。想象衣服湿漉漉的触感。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：谈论天气或地面潮湿、描述衣物或物体表面的潮湿感 wetness 是中性名词，多用于日常或一般书面语，指物体表面或空气中带有水分的状态；在技术语境中也偶见，但作为通用含义没有特别的正式或随意之分。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These -ness words share the spelling ending and the unstressed suffix sound /nəs/ (often /nɪs/), but they do NOT rhyme with wetness /ˈwɛtnɪs/: their stressed vowels differ (e.g., darkness /ˈdɑːrk.../, kindness /ˈkaɪnd.../). Beware the lookalike witness /ˈwɪtnəs/, which also differs in meaning and stress.
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.