资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wet} (rarely {Wetted}); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Wetting}.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
   To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
   to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
   surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
   wet the hands; to wet cloth. ``[The scene] did draw tears
   from me and wetted my paper.'' --Burke.

         Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether
         to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the
         thirsty earth with falling showers.      --Milton.

   {To wet one's whistle}, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
      dram of liquor. [Colloq.]

            Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
                                                  --Walton.