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Damper Put Air Control Picnic Plans Means Device

英语单词 damper
英美音标 英 ['dæmpə(r)] 美 ['dæmpər]
中文释义 n.风阀;减音器;阻尼器;抑制
英语例句 (1) Damper actuators and air quality control document should be sent today.
(2) Now the damper became a must, a life saver!
(3) We have got control problem, yaw damper inoperative.
(4) Rain put a damper on our picnic plans.
(5) Mary's absence cast a damper over the party.
中文例句 (1) 今天应当发送风阀执行器及空气质量控制文件。
(2) 现在制音器变成必需设备,救助器!
(3) 我们操作系统故障,偏航阻尼器不工作了。
(4) 大雨阻止了我们的野餐计划
(5) 玛丽缺席使晚会为之扫兴。
vocabulary简明 When you put a damper on something, you restrain it or inhibit it. Putting a damper on things usually means bringing them down — your car troubles might put a damper on your travel plans.
vocabulary扩展 A forecast of afternoon thunderstorms will put a damper on your picnic preparations, and being assigned a long research paper on Friday might be a damper on your weekend free time. More physical kinds of dampers include a device that restrains air in a chimney, by blocking or directing its flow, and a pad that's made to soften or muffle the sound from a musical instrument.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](火炉、锅炉或熔炉的)调节风门,风挡 A damper is a small sheet of metal in a fire, boiler, or furnace that can be moved to increase or reduce the amount of air that enters.
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    [N-COUNT 可数名词](钢琴等乐器的)制音器,减音器 A damper is a device in a piano or similar musical instrument which makes the sound less loud by restricting the movement of the strings.
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      [PHRASE 短语]使扫兴;抑制 To put a damper on something means to have an effect on it which stops it being as enjoyable or as successful as it should be.
        [V inflects]
        [INFORMAL 非正式]
      • The cold weather put a damper on our plans...

        寒冷的天气给我们的计划泼了冷水。

      • That would put a damper on the future growth of U.S. steel exports.

        那将会抑制美国钢铁出口未来的增长。

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