wetness

n. 湿润, 下雨 [机] 水蒸气湿度

发音

UK /ˈwɛt.nəs/
其它
US /ˈwɛt.nəs/

词形变化

wetnesses 复数 wetnesses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The condition of being wet.

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  2. 2.

    Moisture.

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  3. 3.

    Rainy or damp weather.

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    1797, Tobias Smollett et al., The History of England, from the Revolution to the End of the American War and the Peace of Versailles in 1783, Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, Volume 4, Book 5, p. 484, They complained, that the wetness of the season, and the scarcity of fodder in the year 1762, with other natural causes, had reduced the quantity of fat cattle, by discouraging the farmers from rearing them.

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

dryness

上位词 2

condition status

下位词 10

wet damp moisture humidity bogginess dampness humidness miriness moistness muddiness

相关短语

wetness indicator wetness indicators

词源

From Middle English wetnes, wetnesse, from Old English wǣtnes (“moisture, wetness”). By surface analysis, wet + -ness.

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