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wet blanket

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弄湿的毯子,扫兴的事

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

Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. {Wetter}; superl. {Wettest}.]
   [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel.
   v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See
   {Water}.]
   1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid;
      moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid
      upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
      ``Wet cheeks.'' --Shak.

   2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. ``Wet
      October's torrent flood.'' --Milton.

   3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some
      other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in
      distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or
      fusion is employed.

   4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.

   {Wet blanket}, {Wet dock}, etc. See under {Blanket}, {Dock},
      etc.

   {Wet goods}, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]

   Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See {Nasty}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

wet blanket
     n : someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn: {spoilsport},
          {killjoy}, {party pooper}]
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