及物动词

不及物动词

1. 降低，减弱，抑制(热情、激动等)
To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.

2. 使潮湿;弄湿
If you dampen something, you make it slightly wet.

1. make moist

e.g. The dew moistened the meadows

Synonym: moistenwash

2. lessen in force or effect

e.g. soften a shock
break a fall

Synonym: dampsoftenweakenbreak

3. check
keep in check (a fire)

4. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

e.g. muffle the message

Synonym: deadendamp

5. smother or suppress

e.g. Stifle your curiosity

Synonym: stifle

6. reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

7. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Synonym: mufflemutedulldamptone down