Word · Frequency #2343
wetted
弄湿；浸湿；变湿
wetted is the past of wet.
To make or become wet, as by covering, soaking, or applying liquid.
- 1.
To cover or impregnate with liquid.
用液体覆盖或浸透
- 2.
To make or become wet.
使变湿或变得湿润
- 3.
cause to become wet
弄湿
- 4.
To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
因意外排尿弄湿(自己、衣服、床等)
- 5.
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
尿湿床铺或衣物
- 6.
To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
在焊料和金属基板之间形成金属间键合
尿湿（自己、衣服或床铺）；润湿；浸润；用液体覆盖或浸透；使变湿或变得湿润；弄湿
In use
The heavy rain wet my jacket completely.
She always wets her paintbrush before using watercolors.
Please wet the towel and put it on your forehead.
Wet your face
This eight year old boy still wets his bed
Verb forms
base wet · third person wets · -ing wetting · past wet · past participle wet
不规则动词，过去式和过去分词与原型相同；也有规则变化wetted的形式。
Connections
Collocations
- wet the bed
- 尿床
- The little boy wet the bed last night.那个小男孩昨晚尿床了。
- wet yourself
- 尿裤子；失禁
- She was laughing so hard she nearly wet herself.她笑得几乎尿裤子。
- wet your whistle
- 喝一杯；喝酒润喉
- We stopped for a drink to wet our whistle.我们停下来喝了杯酒润润喉。
- wet the baby's head
- 喝酒庆祝新生儿出生
- The proud father went to the pub to wet the baby's head.那位自豪的父亲去酒吧喝酒庆祝孩子出生。
- wet something down
- 把…弄湿；淋湿
- Wet the soil down before planting the seeds.种种子前先把土弄湿。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 water 的开头 w：把东西放进水里浸一下，就是 wet（弄湿）。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、育儿或照护、焊接/工业技术说明 wet 作动词时，最常见的中性用法是“弄湿、淋湿”；表示“尿湿（自己/床铺）”时多用于口语或照顾孩子的场合；在焊接等技术语境中“润湿”则偏正式。整体语域随用法变化。
Grammar Note
及物动词，过去式和过去分词均为wet。
Pronunciation & Spelling
wet /wɛt/ 与 get、set、let、bet、jet、net 押韵，重读元音和尾音都是 /ɛt/。注意不要被拼写误导：wheat /wiːt/、sweet /swiːt/ 看起来像，但元音是长音 /iː/，并不押韵。
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 3，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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