| 释义 |
moistify, v.|ˈmɔɪstɪfaɪ|
[f. moist a. + -fy.]
trans. To moisten; used humorously of ‘topers’.
1786Burns Earn. Cry Postscr. vii, Tho' whyles ye moistify your leather. 1840F. Trollope Widow Married xxix, The ladies taught her how to arrange a ‘spit-curl’, so as to defy the moistifying effects of the climate. 1882J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie 87 [They] moistified their drouthy clay Wi rousin brandy-whitters O' punch. |