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Humid Air Water Lot People Heat Hair Hjuːmɪd

Front humid
Pron ['hjuːmɪd]
Back 【humid】
adj.潮湿的
The air is very humid near the sea or large lake.
靠近海或大湖的地方,空气非常潮湿。
Vocab
humidcontaining or characterized by a great deal of water vapor

When there is a lot of moisture in the air, it is humid out. The air in a rain forest is humid, the air in a desert is dry.

People like to say that it's not the heat that bothers them, it's the humidity. They say this because when it is humid, or when there is a lot of water in the air, the heat feels hotter. It also makes wavy hair frizzy and straight hair limp. Air that is cold and moist is called damp, so when people talk about humid air, think tropical, as that's usually how the word is meant.

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