dampen
英['dæmp(ə)n]
美['dæmpən]
- vt. 抑制；使…沮丧；使…潮湿
- vi. 潮湿；丧气
英英释意
- 1. smother or suppress;
- "Stifle your curiosity"
- 2. make moist;
- "The dew moistened the meadows"
- 3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- 4. reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
- 5. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
- "muffle the message"
- 6. check; keep in check (a fire)
- 7. lessen in force or effect;
- "soften a shock"
- "break a fall"