humid

Word family nounhumidificationhumidifierhumidistathumidityhumidnesshumidorverbhumidifyadverbhumidlyadjectivehumid

hu·mid /ˈhjuːmɪd/ adjectiveadj

WETif the weather is humid, you feel uncomfortable because the air is very wet and usually hot 〔天气〕潮湿（炎热）的 → humidity

Tokyo is extremely humid in midsummer.

仲夏的东京十分潮湿。

humid air/climate etc 潮湿的空气/气候等

► see thesaurus at damp, hot, wet

Examples from the Corpus

humid• Temperatures were in the high seventies and with the absence of any wind it felt sticky and humid.• The air was hot and still and humid.• Summers in Tokyo are hot and humid.• The forecast is for another hot and humid afternoon today.• Her clothes were sticking to her, but the humid air didn't seem to bother Ralph.• Overall, arid areas have increased by around 54 million hectares, and humid areas reduced by 26 million hectares.• The climate through much of the year would be as hot and humid as today's Miami.• For a number of years after 1865, a long humid cycle brought uninterrupted above-average rainfall to the plains.• It was a hot, humid day, and the only sound was the buzzing of insects.• In other parts of the country, coaches have little choice because the weather is hot and humid everywhere.• Tokyo is very humid in summer.• The entire island is covered by thick humid jungle.• We drove through the humid night and things flew into the beam of the headlights.

humid air/climate etc• Drinks were essential in the humid atmosphere.• Going out on to Des Voeux, she breathed in the hot, humid air.• Others squat on the branches of forest trees with their roots dangling beneath them in the humid air.• The base can also be used to hold capillary matting or moist grit for plants that require humid air.• Wyatt breathed in the hot humid air.• This could represent a humid climate during the glacial-interglacial transition between stages 8 and 7 of the marine 18 O record.• In humid climates, triticale seed had the annoying propensity of sprouting prematurely; often, while still on the parent.• As they left the building, waves of moist humid air wrapped around her skin.

Origin humid

(1300-1400) Latin humidus, from humere “to be slightly wet”

单词	humid
释义	humid Word family nounhumidificationhumidifierhumidistathumidityhumidnesshumidorverbhumidifyadverbhumidlyadjectivehumid hu·mid /ˈhjuːmɪd/ ●●○ adjectiveadj WETif the weather is humid, you feel uncomfortable because the air is very wet and usually hot 〔天气〕潮湿（炎热）的 → humidity Tokyo is extremely humid in midsummer. 仲夏的东京十分潮湿。 humid air/climate etc 潮湿的空气/气候等 ► see thesaurus at damp, hot, wet Examples from the Corpus humid• Temperatures were in the high seventies and with the absence of any wind it felt sticky and humid.• The air was hot and still and humid.• Summers in Tokyo are hot and humid.• The forecast is for another hot and humid afternoon today.• Her clothes were sticking to her, but the humid air didn't seem to bother Ralph.• Overall, arid areas have increased by around 54 million hectares, and humid areas reduced by 26 million hectares.• The climate through much of the year would be as hot and humid as today's Miami.• For a number of years after 1865, a long humid cycle brought uninterrupted above-average rainfall to the plains.• It was a hot, humid day, and the only sound was the buzzing of insects.• In other parts of the country, coaches have little choice because the weather is hot and humid everywhere.• Tokyo is very humid in summer.• The entire island is covered by thick humid jungle.• We drove through the humid night and things flew into the beam of the headlights. humid air/climate etc• Drinks were essential in the humid atmosphere.• Going out on to Des Voeux, she breathed in the hot, humid air.• Others squat on the branches of forest trees with their roots dangling beneath them in the humid air.• The base can also be used to hold capillary matting or moist grit for plants that require humid air.• Wyatt breathed in the hot humid air.• This could represent a humid climate during the glacial-interglacial transition between stages 8 and 7 of the marine 18 O record.• In humid climates, triticale seed had the annoying propensity of sprouting prematurely; often, while still on the parent.• As they left the building, waves of moist humid air wrapped around her skin. Origin humid (1300-1400) Latin humidus, from humere “to be slightly wet”
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