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濕氣潮濕的使潮濕,阻尼,抑止變潮濕,衰減

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Damp \Damp\, a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.]
   1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet;
      moist; humid.

            O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]

            All these and more came flocking, but with looks
            Downcast and damp.                    --Milton.

Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,
   steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.
   dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
   1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

            Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps
            and dreadful gloom.                   --Milton.

   2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

            Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
            A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
                                                  --Addison.

            It must have thrown a damp over your autumn
            excursion.                            --J. D.
                                                  Forbes.

   3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old
      wells, pints, etc.

   {Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid
      gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal
      life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.

   {Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air
      currents and prevent accumulation of gas.

   {Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted
      hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when
      mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with
      flame.

Damp \Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Damped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Damping}.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See {Damp}, n.]
   1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately
      wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

   2. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to
      cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make
      dull; to weaken; to discourage. ``To damp your tender
      hopes.'' --Akenside.

            Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements,
            and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring
            if it were not for this slug.         --Bacon.

            How many a day has been damped and darkened by an
            angry word!                           --Sir J.
                                                  Lubbock.

            The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of
            the soldiers.                         --Macaulay.

資料來源 : WordNet®

damp
     adj : slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist
           breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" [syn: {dampish}, {moist}]

damp
     n : a slight wetness [syn: {dampness}, {moistness}]

damp
     v 1: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: {muffle},
           {mute}, {dull}, {dampen}, {tone down}]
     2: restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the
        joyous atmosphere"
     3: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
        "muffle the message" [syn: {dampen}, {deaden}]
     4: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
        [syn: {dampen}, {soften}, {weaken}, {break}]