LISA! Soggiorno Linguistico
http://www.soggiorno-linguistico.it - Corsi di lingua all’estero. Tel.: 02 40 70 80 87
Beispiele für "
humid
"
- Many air conditioners, in addition to reducing the temperature, also 'dehumidify' the air.
Beispiele für "
moist
"
- All my body’s 'moisture' Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. -
- 'moist' cake
- 'moist' lips
- All my body’s 'moisture' Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. -w:William William Shakespeare
- 'moist' cake
- 'moist' lips
- The oil acts as a 'moisturizer' to the wood.
Beispiele für "
damp
"
- The 'dampness' in the writing paper caused the ink to spread and smudge.
- (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
- (b) A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
- (c) Something that kills the mood
- (d) A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
- 1827: The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes. — w:Peter Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, ISBN 0-424-00034-2.
- The lawn was still 'damp' so we decided not to sit down.
- The paint is still 'damp', so please don't touch it.




Weblog