dampen 音标拼音: [d'æmpən]
vt . 弄湿,使衰减
vi . 变湿,丧气
弄湿,使衰减变湿,丧气
dampen v 1 :
smother or suppress ; "
Stifle your curiosity " [
synonym :
{
stifle }, {
dampen }] [
ant : {
excite }, {
stimulate }]
2 :
make moist ; "
The dew moistened the meadows " [
synonym : {
moisten },
{
wash }, {
dampen }]
3 :
deaden (
a sound or noise ),
especially by wrapping [
synonym :
{
muffle }, {
mute }, {
dull }, {
damp }, {
dampen }, {
tone down }]
4 :
reduce the amplitude (
of oscillations or waves )
5 :
make vague or obscure or make (
an image )
less visible ;
"
muffle the message " [
synonym : {
dampen }, {
deaden }, {
damp }]
6 :
check ;
keep in check (
a fire )
7 :
lessen in force or effect ; "
soften a shock "; "
break a fall "
[
synonym : {
dampen }, {
damp }, {
soften }, {
weaken }, {
break }]
Dampen \
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p .
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n . {
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1 .
To make damp or moist ;
to make slightly wet .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To depress ;
to check ;
to make dull ;
to lessen .
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In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm .
--
The Century .
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Dampen \
Damp "
en \,
v .
i .
To become damp ;
to deaden . --
Byron .
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1913 Webster ]
198 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dampen ":
abate ,
abridge ,
absorb the shock ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
arrest ,
asperge ,
assuage ,
attemper ,
attenuate ,
baffle ,
bank the fire ,
beat down ,
bedew ,
bespatter ,
besprinkle ,
blunt ,
bottle up ,
break the fall ,
cast down ,
chasten ,
check ,
chill ,
compress ,
constrain ,
control ,
cool ,
countercheck ,
cramp ,
cripple ,
curb ,
curtail ,
cushion ,
cut ,
cut back ,
cut down ,
dabble ,
dam up ,
damp ,
dampen the spirits ,
darken ,
dash ,
de -
emphasize ,
deaden ,
deafen ,
debilitate ,
decrease ,
deduct ,
deflate ,
deflect ,
deject ,
delay ,
depreciate ,
depress ,
detain ,
deter ,
devitalize ,
dew ,
diminish ,
disaffect ,
discourage ,
dishearten ,
disincline ,
disinterest ,
dispirit ,
distract ,
divert ,
douche ,
downgrade ,
downplay ,
dull ,
enervate ,
enfeeble ,
eviscerate ,
exhaust ,
extenuate ,
gruel ,
hinder ,
hold back ,
hold in check ,
hold up ,
hose ,
hose down ,
humect ,
humectate ,
humidify ,
impede ,
indispose ,
inhibit ,
intercept ,
interfere ,
intermeddle ,
interrupt ,
intervene ,
irrigate ,
keep back ,
keep in check ,
keep within bounds ,
knock down ,
lay ,
lay low ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
lighten ,
lower ,
lower the spirits ,
meddle ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modulate ,
moisten ,
muffle ,
mute ,
neutralize ,
obtund ,
offset ,
oppose ,
oppress ,
paddle ,
palliate ,
pare ,
play down ,
press down ,
put off ,
quench ,
rattle ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
repel ,
repress ,
resist ,
restrain ,
retard ,
retrench ,
roll back ,
sadden ,
sap ,
scale down ,
scotch ,
set back ,
shake ,
shake up ,
shorten ,
show consideration ,
show mercy ,
show pity ,
simplify ,
sink ,
slacken ,
slobber ,
slop ,
slosh ,
slow down ,
smother ,
snub ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soft -
pedal ,
soften ,
soften the blow ,
soften up ,
sparge ,
spatter ,
splash ,
splatter ,
sponge ,
spray ,
sprinkle ,
step down ,
stifle ,
stop ,
subdue ,
suppress ,
swash ,
syringe ,
take from ,
tame ,
temper ,
tone down ,
tune down ,
turn aside ,
turn away ,
turn from ,
turn off ,
unbrace ,
undermine ,
underplay ,
unman ,
unnerve ,
unstrengthen ,
unstring ,
water ,
weaken ,
wean from ,
weigh heavy upon ,
weigh upon ,
wet ,
wet down
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