damper
/ˈdæmpə(r)/noun
1
- a person or thing that has a depressing, subduing, or inhibiting effect抑制物, 压制者。
1.1
- Music a pad silencing a piano string except when removed by means of a pedal or by the note being struck【乐】制音器, 减音器。
1.2
- a device for reducing mechanical vibration, in particular a shock absorber on a motor vehicle（尤指机动车上的）减震器。
1.3
- a conductor used to reduce hunting in an electric motor or generator阻尼器。
1.4
- a movable metal plate in a flue or chimney, used to regulate the draught and so control the rate of combustion节气阀门。
2
- chiefly Austral. /NZ an unleavened loaf or cake of flour and water baked in wood ashes〈主澳/新〉硬面包, 硬烧饼。
- ORIGIN: in the sense 'something that takes the edge off the appetite'
短语
put a （或the） damper on
- have a depressing, subduing, or inhibiting effect on使…扫兴; 抑制：
he put a damper on her youthful excitement.
他压制了她青春的激情。