形變: 比較級:wetter 最高級:wettest
動變: 過去式:wet 過去式:wetted 過去分詞:wet 過去分詞:wetted 現在進行時:wetting
wet
KK:[wɛt] DJ:[wеt]
a.
- 濕的，潮濕的
- 雨天的，下雨的，多雨的
- 【英】【口】懦弱的，愛哭的
- 【美】【口】不禁酒的
n.
- 下雨（天氣）[the S]
- （雨後）潮濕的地面[the S]
- 濕氣，水分[the S]
- 【美】【口】反對禁酒的人[C]
vt.
- 把……淋濕，打濕，弄濕
- 尿濕，撒尿於
vi.
- 變濕，變潮
- 撒尿
衍生
n. [U]
wetness
ad.
wetly
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
adj.
(wetter, wettest)
- covered or saturated with liquid. ▸(of the weather) rainy.▸involving the use of water or liquid.
- (of paint, ink, etc.) not yet having dried or hardened.
- Brit. informal lacking forcefulness or strength of character; feeble.
- informal (of an area) allowing the free sale of alcoholic drink.
v.
(wets, wetting; past and past part. wet or wetted)
cover or touch with liquid. ▸(especially of a baby or young child) urinate in or on.
▸
(wet oneself)
urinate involuntarily.
▸dialect infuse (tea) by pouring on boiling water.
n.
- liquid that makes something damp. ▸ (the wet) rainy weather.▸Brit. informal a drink.
- Brit. informal a feeble person.
- Brit. a Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) with liberal tendencies.
- US a person opposed to the prohibition of alcohol.
Phrase
- all wet
N. Amer. completely wrong. - wet the baby's head
Brit. informal celebrate a baby's birth with a drink. - wet behind the ears
informal lacking experience; immature. - wet one's whistle
informal have a drink.
Derivative
- wetly adv.
- wetness n.
- wettable adj.
- wettish adj.
Etymology
OE wæt (adj. and n.), wætan (v.); rel. to water.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》