wetness
noun[U]
uk/ˈwet.nəs/us/ˈwet.nəs/wetnessnoun[U](LIQUID)
thestateofcontainingor beingcoveredwithwateror anotherliquid:
湿,湿润,潮湿The wetness of thelandtheycrossedmadetravellingdifficult.他们经过的陆地很湿,使旅行十分艰难。
Thecoldwetness shefelton herbrowwassweat, notblood.额头上她感觉到的冷湿是汗水,不是血。
rain:
雨,降雨Farthereast, anarrowbandof wetnessextendedfrom the Ozark Plateau into the Northeast.再往东,一条狭窄的湿润带从欧扎克高原延伸到东北部。
- Now,physicistsin Germany and Italy haveproposedanexplanationfor howevenslightwetness cancutroad-to-rubberfriction.
- Hetriedtowipethe wetness from hismouthusing the back of hishand.
- Wetnessaccompaniedcoolconditionsin manyareastoday.
Wet weather & wetness
- bedraggled
- clamminess
- damp
- dampen
- dampness
- dankness
- dreich
- drench
- drenched/soaked/wet to the skinidiom
- misty
- moist
- saturate
- saturated
- soak
- soggily
- sogginess
- spongy
- sun shower
- waterlogged
- wetly
wetnessnoun[U](PERSON)
UK
thefactof apersonhaving aweakcharacter:
软弱Edmund, hersecretlove, could never besuspectedof wetness.她的暗恋埃德蒙永远不会被怀疑是软骨头。
- Hisperceivedwetness - in theschoolboysenseoflackingfirein thebelly- iswidelydiscussed.
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebbidiom
- be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
- besomeone'spoodleidiom
- brittle
- helplessly
- helplessness
- house of cardsidiom
- human
- impotence
- sitting target
- soft target
- submissive
- submissively
- submissiveness
- watery
- wetly
- wimpy
- wonky
- wuss
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