adjective
wetter, wettest
1
- covered or saturated with water or another liquid湿的, 潮的, 潮湿的：
she followed, slipping on the wet rock.
她跟在后面, 踩在潮湿的岩石上摔倒了。
1.1
- (of the weather) rainy（天气）下雨的; 雨天的; 多雨的：
a wet, windy evening.
一个下雨又刮风的夜晚。
1.2
- (of paint, ink, plaster, or a similar substance) not yet having dried or hardened（油漆、墨水、灰泥或类似物质）未干的; 未凝固的。
1.3
- (of a baby or young child) having urinated in its nappy or underwear（婴儿, 小孩）尿湿的。
1.4
- involving the use of water or liquid用水（或其他液体）的; 用水（或其他液体）加工的：
wet methods of photography.
湿式摄影法。
1.5
- Nautical (of a ship) liable to take in water over her bows or sides【航海】（轮船）易（从船首或舷侧）进水的。
2
- Brit. informal showing a lack of forcefulness or strength of character; feeble〈英, 非正式〉虚弱的, 软弱的：
they thought the cadets were a bit wet.
他们认为这些军校学员有点软弱无力。
2.1
- Conservative with liberal tendencies, especially as regarded by right-wing Conservatives（尤指被右翼保守派认为）具有自由主义倾向的保守派的。
3
- informal (of a country or region or of its legislation) allowing the free sale of alcoholic drink〈非正式〉（一个国家、地区或其立法）允许出售烈性酒的, 不禁酒的。
3.1
- (of a person) addicted to alcohol（人） 嗜好酒的。
(wetting; past and past participle wet 或 wetted)with obj.
1- cover or touch with liquid; moisten把…弄湿; 使潮湿：
he wetted a finger and flicked through the pages
他蘸湿一根手指翻书
as noun (wetting) it was a velvet cap, and a wetting would ruin it.那是一顶天鹅绒帽子, 弄湿就会把它毁了。
1.1
- (especially of a baby or young child) urinate in or on（尤指婴儿或小孩子）把…尿湿：
while dreaming the child wet the bed.
那个小孩做梦时尿床了。
1.2
wet oneself
urinate involuntarily（自己无法控制地）尿在身上。
1.3
- dialect infuse (tea) by pouring on boiling water〈方〉（倒入滚烫的开水）沏（茶）。
1
- mass noun liquid that makes something damp湿气; 潮湿; 水分; 液体：
I could feel the wet of his tears.
我可以感觉到他的泪水。
1.1
the wet
rainy weather下雨天：the race was held in the wet.
比赛在雨天进行。
1.2
- count noun Brit. informal a drink〈英, 非正式〉酒：
I took a wet from my bottle.
我从瓶中喝了一口酒。
2
- Brit. informal a person lacking forcefulness or strength of character〈英, 非正式〉软弱的人, 窝囊废。
2.1
- a Conservative with liberal tendencies具有自由主义倾向的保守派。
3
- US a person opposed to the prohibition of alcohol〈美〉反禁酒者。
短语
all wet
- N. Amer. completely wrong〈北美〉完全错误的。
wet the baby's head
- Brit. informal celebrate a baby's birth with a drink, typically an alcoholic one〈英, 非正式〉以喝酒来庆祝婴儿的出生。
wet behind the ears
- informal lacking experience; immature〈非正式〉缺乏经验; 不成熟的。
wet through（或to the skin）
- with one's clothes soaked; completely drenched（衣服）完全湿透的。
wet one's whistle
- informal have a drink〈非正式〉喝酒。
派生词
wetly
adverbwetness
nounwettable
adjectivewettish
adjective词源
Old English wǣt (adjective and noun)， wǣtan (verb); related to WATER.