| 单词 | rising damp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrising damp rising damp n. moisture absorbed from the ground into a wall. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun] > absorbed from ground into a wall rising damp1859 1852 Times 30 July 3/1 Double-roomed tents, adapted for living and sleeping apartments, with improved dressed cloths for floors, as a preventative to the rising damps.] 1859 L. Feuchtwanger Pop. Treat. Gems iii. 435 Strong slabs are formed..which are almost perfectly impervious to moisture or rising damp. 1905 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 25 109 This [sc. the renovation of cities and shrines in Ptolemaic Egypt] had to be done at Naukratis in a thoroughgoing way, probably owing to rising damp. 1956 W. A. G. Bradman Taking Care of Your Home iv. 61 Rising damp..is invariably characterized by a line of dampness appearing above the skirtings. 1975 Times 30 Oct. 6/5 The walls had been sodden with rising damp for years. < as lemmas |
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