| 单词 | humid |
| 释义 | humid (once / 1567 pages) adj When there is a lot of moisture in the air, it is humid out. The air in a rain forest is humid, the air in a desert is dry. People like to say that it's not the heat that bothers them, it's the humidity. They say this because when it is humid, or when there is a lot of water in the air, the heat feels hotter. It also makes wavy hair frizzy and straight hair limp. Air that is cold and moist is called damp, so when people talk about humid air, think tropical, as that's usually how the word is meant. WORD FAMILYhumid: humidity, humidly, humidness+/humidity: humidities USAGE EXAMPLESThat prioritizes air bags in humid climes such as Texas and Florida. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) His plot of land, on the outskirts of the kibbutz, sits way below sea level in the humid and dusty Jordan Valley. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) One critic says that the more than 150 books on Dylan are “a library woozy with humid overstatement and baby boomer mythology.” Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) adj containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor humid air humid weather Syn wet covered or soaked with a liquid such as water |
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