dew

CET-4 大学 FREQ #12196

n. 露珠, 露水 vt. (用露水)沾湿 vi. 结露水

发音

US /d͡ʒuː/
UK /d͡ʒuː/
CA /dɪu̯/
其它 /dɪu̯/

词形变化

dews 复数 dews dewed dewing dews 三单 dewing 现在分词 dewed 过去式 dewed 过去分词

别名

deaw

教材释义与例句

名词

珠,滴;露水;清新

动词

(露水等)弄湿

动词

结露水

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.

    露水

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.

    可数 不可数

    There was a heavy dew this morning.

  4. 4.

    Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  5. 5.

    An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.

    可数 比喻 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To deposit dew.

    不及物

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词源

From Middle English dew, from Old English dēaw (“dew”), from Proto-West Germanic *dauw, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *dawwą (“dew, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with German Tau, Dutch dauw and Afrikaans dou. Doublet of dag.

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