dewy
FREQ #44166
a. 露湿的, 带露水的, 如露的
发音
US
/ˈdjuː.i/
US
/ˈdjuː.i/
词形变化
dewier
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dewier
dewiest
more dewy
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dewiest
最高级
most dewy
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别名
deawy
dewey
释义与例句
adj.
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1.
Covered by dew.
The dewy grass was too slick for football.
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2.
Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
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3.
Resembling or characteristic of dew.
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4.
Fresh and innocent.
1814, 16 March, Percy Bysshe Shelley letter to Hogg, Thy Gentle Face Thy dewy looks sink in my breast Thy gentle words stir poison there;
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English dewy, deuhy, from Old English dēawiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwag, *dauwīg, equivalent to dew + -y.
来源:wiktionary