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moisten v.弄湿；使湿润；变湿 (1) 她沾湿了一块纸巾，轻轻擦去项链上的灰尘。(2) 在熨衬衣前，他用加湿器先湿润了一下。 A misty rain will moisten your hair, and running uphill moistens your forehead with sweat. Your houseplant that prefers a small amount of water will be happiest if you barely moisten the soil. While rain overnight will leave your front lawn soaking wet, the morning dew will simply moisten each blade of grass. Moisten comes from moist, from the Old French moiste, "damp." The Latin root means something closer to "moldy or slimy."

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英 ['mɔɪsn] 美 ['mɔɪsn] (1) She moistened a tissue and gently wiped the dust off the necklace.(2) He used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them. To moisten is to make something slightly damp or just barely wet. It used to be necessary to moisten a postage stamp with your tongue before sticking it on an envelope, but today stamps stick without being licked. 1[VERB 动词]使湿润；弄湿 To moisten something means to make it slightly wet.   [V n]  [V-ed]She took a sip of water to moisten her dry throat.她抿了一口水，润一下发干的喉咙。...a moistened flannel.沾湿的毛巾

英语单词	moisten
英美音标	英 ['mɔɪsn] 美 ['mɔɪsn]
中文释义	v.弄湿；使湿润；变湿
英语例句	(1) She moistened a tissue and gently wiped the dust off the necklace. (2) He used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them.
中文例句	(1) 她沾湿了一块纸巾，轻轻擦去项链上的灰尘。 (2) 在熨衬衣前，他用加湿器先湿润了一下。
vocabulary简明	To moisten is to make something slightly damp or just barely wet. It used to be necessary to moisten a postage stamp with your tongue before sticking it on an envelope, but today stamps stick without being licked.
vocabulary扩展	A misty rain will moisten your hair, and running uphill moistens your forehead with sweat. Your houseplant that prefers a small amount of water will be happiest if you barely moisten the soil. While rain overnight will leave your front lawn soaking wet, the morning dew will simply moisten each blade of grass. Moisten comes from moist, from the Old French moiste, "damp." The Latin root means something closer to "moldy or slimy."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]使湿润；弄湿 To moisten something means to make it slightly wet. [V n] [V-ed] She took a sip of water to moisten her dry throat. 她抿了一口水，润一下发干的喉咙。 ...a moistened flannel. 沾湿的毛巾

Moisten Make Slightly Barely Wet Rain Water Means