wetter

英 [ˈwɛtə]

美 [ˈwɛtər]

n.  雨天; 雨; 液体; (尤指)水; 保守党温和派成员
adj.  潮的; 湿的; 潮湿的; 有雨的; 下雨的; 尚未干的
wet的复数和比较级

复数：wetters　

柯林斯词典

The forms wet and wetted are both used as the past tense and past participle of the verb. wet 的过去式和过去分词为 wet 或 wetted。


• ADJ-GRADED 湿的;潮湿的
  If something iswet, it is covered in water, rain, sweat, tears, or another liquid.
  1. He towelled his wet hair...
     他用毛巾擦干湿发。
  2. I lowered myself to the water's edge, getting my feet wet...
     我弯下身子走到水边，把脚弄湿了。
  3. My gloves were soaking wet...
     我的手套都湿透了。
  4. I saw his face was wet with tears.
     我看见他满脸泪水。
• VERB (用水或其他液体)弄湿，沾湿
  Towetsomething means to get water or some other liquid over it.
  1. When assembling the pie, wet the edges where the two crusts join...
     捏合馅饼时，要弄湿两张饼皮粘连的地方。
  2. Fielding nervously wet his lips and tried to smile.
     菲尔丁紧张地舔了舔嘴唇，努力挤出笑容。
• ADJ-GRADED 下雨的
  If the weather iswet, it is raining.
  1. If the weather is wet or cold choose an indoor activity...
     如果碰上下雨天或是严寒天气，就选择一项室内活动。
  2. It was a miserable wet day.
     那是一个糟糕的雨天。
  3. The wetis used to mean wet weather.
     雨天
  4. They had come in from the cold and the wet...
     他们从寒冷且下着雨的外面进来。
  5. Braking in the wet in heavy traffic is never fun.
     在交通拥堵的雨天里踩刹车绝不是什么好玩的事。
• ADJ 未干的;湿的
  If something such as paint, ink, or cement iswet, it is not yet dry or solid.
  1. I lay the painting flat to stop the wet paint running...
     我把油画平放以防止未干的颜料流动。
  2. She rendered the walls in cement and, while it was still wet, applied the shells.
     她用水泥抹墙，并趁它还没干时粘上贝壳。
• ADJ-GRADED 尿湿的
  If a child or its nappy or clothing iswet, its nappy or clothing is soaked in urine.
  1. Change him when he's wet...
     当他尿湿了的时候，给他换尿布。
  2. Avoid changing a nappy unless it's dirty or very wet.
     除非尿布脏了或非常湿，否则别换。
• VERB 尿湿
  If people, especially children,wettheir beds or clothes orwet themselves, they urinate in their beds or in their clothes because they cannot stop themselves.
  1. A quarter of 4-year-olds frequently wet the bed...
     4岁大的孩子中有1/4经常尿床。
  2. To put it plainly, they wet themselves.
     说白了就是，他们尿裤子了。
• （鱼）新鲜的
  Wetfish is fish that is sold fresh and uncooked, and not frozen or dried.
• ADJ-GRADED (人)软弱的，窝囊的，没有信心的
  If you say that someone iswet, you mean that they are weak and lacking in enthusiasm, energy, or confidence.
  1. Don't be so wet, Charles.
     别这么尸从， 查尔斯。
• N-COUNT 保守党温和派成员
  Awetis a Conservative politician who supports moderate political policies and opposes extreme ones.
  1. The left, the so-called 'wets', thought more state spending would mean more jobs.
     左派，也就是所谓的“温和派”，认为更多的政府支出将意味着更多的就业机会。
• 年轻且无经验的；乳臭未干的
  If you say that someone is stillwet behind the ears, you mean that they have only recently arrived in a new place or job, and are therefore still not experienced.
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英英释义

noun

• someone suffering from enuresis
  Synonym:bedwetterbed wetter
• a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
• a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
  Synonym:wetting agentsurfactantsurface-active agent

双语例句

• Why is the southwest of the UK warmer and wetter while the northeast of it drier and hotter in Summer?
  为什么大不列颠西南部夏天漫暖潮湿而东北部却较干燥炎热、少雨？
• Low crop yields in Africa is not due to climate change but rather farmers failing to exploit opportunities in wetter years, says a Kenya-based scientist.
  在肯尼亚工作的一位科学家说，非洲粮食产量偏低并不是由于气候变化，而是由于农民没能利用湿润年份的机会扩大生产。
• So in any given second, you stay driest by standing still, and the faster you move the wetter you become.
  所以在任何一秒钟，站者不动可以让你保持最为干燥，而你移动的越快，就会变得越湿。
• I certainly couldn't get any wetter.
  我自然不会淋得更湿了。
• This year Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin have been wetter than ever before; Australia, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have severely flooded; in New Zealand the rainfall is four times the usual.
  今年，爱荷华州、伊利诺伊州、密歇根州和威斯康星州比往年更加多雨；澳大利亚、印度、巴基斯坦和孟加拉国已经遭受严重水灾；新西兰的降雨量是平常的四倍。
• A poor bedraggled figure, strangely attired, wetter than an otter in a washing machine, and hitching.
  一个满身泥泞的，倒霉催的黑影，穿着怪异，淋得比一只洗衣机里的水獭还要湿。
• The study got mixed reviews from other climate scientists, in part because the eastern United States has recently been wetter and cooler than forecast.
  这份研究与其他气候学家的评论发生了混乱，部分原因是今年美国东部的天气比预测的要更潮湿和凉快。
• Wet areas of the globe will get wetter and dry areas drier under the warming climate, scientists have predicted.
  科学家们预言，随着气候日益变暖，地球上湿润多水的地方将更加湿润，干燥的地方将更加干燥。
• Wetter and more temperate regions, where the soil holds much more water and agriculture can rely on cheaper rainfall rather than expensive irrigation, export water to hotter, drier countries.
  在较为湿润、气候相对温和的地区，土壤中含有更多水分，农业可以依靠廉价的降雨而非成本高昂的灌溉体系。这些地区可以通过农作物，将水出口到较为炎热干旱的国家。
• NP, OP: used for pesticide emulsifier, wetter and other industrial surfactant.
  用于农药乳化剂，可湿性粉剂及其它工业用表面活性剂。