| 释义 |
Definition of humect in English: humectverb hjʊˈmɛkt [with object]rare Moisten; make wet. Example sentencesExamples - This mixture, humected with a sufficient quantity of water for reducing it into a thick paste, grows so hot, that the vessel containing it cannot be held in the hand.
- The mercury is incorporated with the salt by humecting it with a little water.
- It is well known, that, after some days drought, on the falling of rain that humects the earth, there arises a grateful smell.
- He ran unto the river Liffey, peeled off his breeches and jumped in, humecting thus his hairy skin.
- With this preparation I continued to humect the compost every other evening.
Synonyms dampen, wet, damp, dew, water, soak, irrigate, humidify
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin humect-, from the verb humectare (see humectant). |