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源自中古英语 'wet', 与古英语 'wǣt' 相关,表示潮湿或湿润的状态。
❶ 形容词 wet 的比较级形式,表示比某物或某种状态更潮湿或湿润。
“The grass is wetter after the rain than it was this morning.”
(雨后的草地比今天早上更湿了。)
“My clothes got wetter as I walked through the storm.”
(我在暴风雨中行走时,衣服变得更湿了。)
❶ 指湿润或潮湿的状态或程度,常用于描述天气或环境。
“The wetter made the roads slippery.”
(潮湿的路面让道路变得湿滑。)
“The sudden wetter caused the paint to take longer to dry.”
(突然的潮湿让油漆需要更长时间才能干。)
get wetter — 变得更湿或更潮湿,常用于描述天气或物体因接触水而变得更湿的状态。
“If you don't use an umbrella, you'll get wetter in the rain.”
(如果你不用雨伞,你会在雨中变得更湿。)