英语词汇“wet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	wet
释义	wet I. \ˈwet, usu -ed.+V\ verb (wet or wetted ; wet or wetted ; wetting ; wets) Etymology: Middle English weten, from Old English wǣtan, from wǣt, adjective, wet *transitive verb* 1. : to make wet : soak or moisten with water or other liquid : dip in a liquid < sand wetted by the waves — G.W.Murray > < wet his pencil and got ready to write — Josephine Pinckney > 2. : to suffuse (the eyes) with tears : dampen (something) with tears : fall on and moisten (something) 3. : to take a drink or treat to a drink in celebration or honor of < wet a bargain > < wet a commission in the army > 4. : to soak (grain) in malting 5. : to urinate in or on < wet the bed > 6. : to make (tea) by pouring boiling water on the leaves < I wet a cup of tea — Bryan MacMahon > *intransitive verb* 1. : to become wet 2. : urinate • - wet one's whistle - wet the other eye II. adjective (wetter ; wettest) Etymology: Middle English wet, wete, wette, partly from past participle of weten to wet & partly from Old English wǣt wet; akin to Old Frisian wēt wet, Old Norse vātr wet, vatn water — more at water 1. a. : consisting of, containing, covered with, or soaked with water or some other liquid : having water or other liquid on the surface or penetrating beyond it : moist < wet tears > < the wet sea > < a wet floor > < wet fields > < got his clothes wet when he fell in the water > < a rag wet with oil > < cheeks wet with happy tears > b. : moistened by dipping in or sprinkling with water or other liquid < it had been raining and the newspaper at the door was wet > < grass wet with dew > c. of natural gas : containing appreciable quantities of gasoline or other readily condensable hydrocarbons 2. : rainy: as a. : having frequent rains < the wet season > b. : promising rain < a wet sky > c. : laden with or bearing moisture or vapor : humid < a wet wind > d. : accompanied by rain < the city gave us a wet welcome > 3. : still moist enough to smudge or smear < the signature was still wet > < wet paint > 4. : not processed, dried, or reduced : remaining in or near the natural state of a freshly caught fish 5. a. : devoted to, associated with, or used for drinking or conviviality < have a wet night — W.M.Thackeray > b. : addicted to drink c. : showing some degree of intoxication : drunk, slopped d. : consisting of alcoholic liquor < wet cargo > e. : trading in alcoholic liquor < a wet canteen > f. : permitting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquor : not prohibiting traffic in intoxicants < a wet county > g. : committed to or advocating a policy of permitting such traffic or opposed to its prohibition < a wet candidate > < a wet platform > 6. : preserved, bottled, or put up in liquid (as fruit in syrup or a zoological specimen in alcohol) 7. : lax in the observances of one's sect — used chiefly of a Friend 8. : employing or done by means of or in the presence of water or other liquid < wet extraction of copper > < a wet process > — compare dry 3b 9. of a boat : tending to take water or spray over the bows or sides 10. : perversely wrong : away off : wide of the mark : misguided < he's all wet > 11. a. : designed to contain liquids : tight < a wet cask > < wet barrel > b. : of or having reference to such containers < wet coopering > < a wet cooper > 12. : giving milk : lactating < a wet cow > 13. : slow 5e 14. : grown in wet or damp soil < a wet crop > 15. of stolen livestock : smuggled across a river by fording 16. : soiled with one's own urine — used chiefly of a baby 17. : not accepted as a good fellow or a regular guy 18. : sloppily sentimental < touches of silliness which might so easily have been merely wet — Kingsley Amis > Synonyms: damp, dank, moist, humid: wet is a general term describing either something with an outer layer covered with water or other liquid or something soaked throughout more or less thoroughly < a wet sidewalk > < drying her wet hands > < wet clothes > < a wet sponge > damp may suggest slight or moderate wetness, sometimes unpleasant, permeating, or dispiriting, sometimes useful < the chill and the vapor taken together told a poor tale of the island. It was plainly a damp, feverish, unhealthy spot — R.L.Stevenson > < the rain poured down with quiet persistency. Everything in the boat was damp and clammy — J.K.Jerome > < sheets should be damp when ironed > dank is almost never without the notion of sickly, disagreeable, or penetrating dampness < dank with the marshy moisture of many low grounds — Charles Dickens > < passed his hand across his forehead. It was dank with clammy sweat — Oscar Wilde > < from the jungle a dank sulphurous breeze exuded — Norman Mailer > moist suggests a moderate or slight wetness, enough to keep a thing from being described as dry < the moist forehead of a sick man > < the depths of the valley, where the air was moist and cool — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > humid usually applies to moisture in the air < the humid prairie heat, so nourishing to wheat and corn, so exhausting to human beings — Willa Cather > III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English wet, wete, from Old English wǣt, wǣta, from wǣt, adjective, wet 1. : water, wetness, moisture < gleaming and trembling drops of wet — Marjory S. Douglas > < carefully wringing the wet out — W.H.Hudson †1922 > 2. a. : rainy weather : rain, rainstorm < stay out all night in the wet — H.L.Davis > b. chiefly Australia : the rainy season < had begun shearing, but were sorely hindered by the wet — Rachel Henning > 3. a. chiefly Britain : a drink of alcoholic liquor < cross over to the ale tent for your wet — A.J.Liebling > b. : an advocate of a policy of permitting the sale of intoxicating liquors — opposed to dry < the drys lied to make prohibition look good; the wets lied to make it look bad — G.W.Johnson > IV. adjective 1. Britain : lacking strength of character : namby-pamby < we thought him wet and violence petrified him — William Golding > 2. Britain : belonging to the moderate or liberal wing of the Conservative Party < a character called Jeremy Cardhouse, MP, a wet … Conservative — Times Literary Supplement > • - wet behind the ears V. noun Britain : one who is wet
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