潮湿的，不完全干燥的　not completely dry; slightly wet

　～ cloth　湿布
　～ climate　潮湿的气候
　～ grass　湿草地
　～ walls　潮湿的墙壁
　～ from the rain　被雨水打湿
　～ in rainy weather　雨季是潮湿的

　I don't like a damp weather.　我不喜欢潮湿的天气。
　The damp air makes my old bones hurt.　潮湿的空气令我的老骨头受到了伤害。
　The statue was erected in a damp grove at Olympia.　雕像建造在奥林匹亚潮湿的小树林中。
　There is too much damp here.　这里太潮湿。
　The building was cold and damp.　那房子又冷又湿。
　Everything gets damp on raining days.　雨天什么东西都变湿了。
　My clothes are damp from the rain.　我的衣服被雨水打湿了。

 ♣ damp, moist, soaking, wet
　参见wet条。

　damp　还可用作名词。例如：
　The damp rising from the ground caused the wall to stain badly.　地面升起的湿气使墙壁上生成许多斑点。
　We shivered in the damp of the forest.　我们因树林里的湿气而打寒战。
　Mary's illness cast a damp over the party.　玛丽病了，这使参加聚会的人很扫兴。
　The sad story put a damp on our happy feelings.　那个悲伤的故事影响了我们的愉快情绪。

1. vt. & vi.（使）潮湿　 make damp
2. vt. & vi.（使）减弱，抑制　 depress, restrain
3. vt. & vi.（使）沮丧，（使）败兴　 make sad or dull

　～ chillingly　刺骨地潮湿
　～ coldly　寒冷地潮湿
　～ depressingly　消沉地压抑
　～ inescapably　逃避不了地压抑
　～ mysteriously　秘密地压抑
　～ piercingly　刺穿地潮湿
　～ slightly　静静地压抑
　～ stuffily　闷热地潮湿
　～ down　封（火），降低（火势），使失去精力或劲头，遏制
　～ down a fire　把火封上
　～ down a furnace　把炉子封上
　～ down inflation　遏制通货膨胀的势头
　～ down sb's spirits　破坏某人的兴致，使某人沮丧
　～ off　（苗、芽等）因多水而腐烂

　You should damp clothes before ironing them.　在熨衣服之前应将衣服打湿。
　She damped her cloth before cleaning the window.　擦窗之前她先把揩布弄湿。
　Damp the cloth, please.　请把这块布弄湿。
　Nothing could damp his spirits.　任何事情都不能使他精神消沉。
　Weariness didn't damp the traveller's enthusiasm.　疲惫并没有降低那个旅行者的热情。
　If you walk in the rain for a while, your clothes will be damped.　如果你在雨中走，那么你的衣服将被雨淋湿。
　His zeal was damped by the apathy of the public.　公众的冷漠使他沮丧。

 ♣ damp down　(v.+adv.)
1. 使（某物表面）润湿 make (a surface) slightly wet all over
　The best way to lay the dust is to damp the floor down, and then rub it all over with a piece of cloth.　不使尘土飞扬的最好方法就是把地板润湿一下，随后用布擦一遍。
　You'd better damp down the ground and then sweep it.　你最好先在地上洒一层水，然后再打扫。
2. （用灰等）封（火）或灭（火） make (a fire) burn more slowly, often by covering with ash or by controlling the flow of air
　We may damp down the fire furnace for the night.　我们可以把火炉子封上过夜。
　Don't forget to damp down the fire before going to bed.　上床睡觉之前，别忘了封火。
　If you don't use the fire now, you can damp it down.　如果你现在不用火，你可以把火封上。
3. 使（兴趣、热情等）降低，衰减 control so as to reduce (sth)
　A few weeks' hard work should damp down his keenness.　几星期的艰苦工作减弱了他的热情。
　They were too keen at first and we had to damp down their enthusiasm.　起初他们的心情太着急，我们只好给他们泼点冷水。
　Difficulties did not damp down his enthusiasm.　困难没能够挫伤他的积极性。
4. 减少 lessen
　My hope of a better job damped down after six years' waiting.　经过六年的等待，我想找份好工作的希望淡漠了。
 ♣ damp off　(v.+adv.)
　（幼苗）因水分过多而烂死　(of plants) die because of too much water
　You must see to it that there isn't too much water in the fields, otherwise the seedlings might damp off.　当心不要让田里积水太多，不然的话，秧苗要烂坏的。
　It rained so much last year that half the vegetable crops damped off.　去年雨水过多，一半蔬菜都泡烂了。
　The plants have damped off.　这些植物已淹死了。
　Don't give those plants too much water; they will damp off.　别给这些植物浇太多的水，它们会淹死的。

　［词源］古德语demphen（使蒸发，产生蒸汽）