wet 1 S2 W3 / wet / 形容词 ( comparative wetter , superlative wettest )

1 water/liquid covered in or full of water or another liquid 反义词 dry :

I’ve washed your shirt but it’s still wet.

wet grass

get (something) wet

Take an umbrella or you’ll get wet.

wet with

His face was wet with sweat.

The man in the boat was wet through (= completely wet ) .

soaking/dripping/sopping wet (= very wet )

The towel was soaking wet.

2 weather rainy :

There’s more wet weather on the way.

It’s very wet outside.

the wettest summer on record

3 paint/ink etc not yet dry :

The paint’s still wet.

4 person British English informal someone who is wet does not have a strong character, or is not willing to do something that you think they should do – used to show disapproval :

Don’t be so wet! Just tell them you don’t want to go.

5 baby if a child or its nappy is wet, the nappy is full of urine

6 somebody is all wet American English informal someone is completely wrong

7 be wet behind the ears informal very young and without much experience of life

— wetly 副词

— wetness 名词 [不可数名词]

COLLOCATIONS

副词

soaking/sopping/wringing wet (= very wet ) His suit was soaking wet.

dripping wet (= so wet that water is dripping off ) She was dripping wet.

wet through (= with every part very wet ) It never stopped raining and our clothes were wet through.

动词

get wet We both got very wet when we tried to give the dog a bath.

get something wet I didn’t want to get my feet wet.

短语

cold and wet I was too cold and wet to keep going.

wet and muddy His boots were wet and muddy.

THESAURUS

wet covered in water or another liquid : I’ve just washed my hair and it’s still wet. | You’d better change out of those wet clothes.

damp slightly wet : Wipe the surfaces with a damp cloth. | The sheets are still a little damp. | The grass was still too damp to sit on.

moist slightly wet, especially in a pleasant way – used about soil, food, or about someone’s skin or eyes : It’s important to keep the soil moist. | a delicious moist chocolate cake | Her eyes became moist (= she was almost crying ) .

clammy feeling slightly wet, cold, and sticky – used about someone’s skin, especially when they are nervous or ill : He had clammy hands. | Ruby was feverish and clammy with sweat.

soggy unpleasantly wet and soft – used especially about food or the ground : a bowl of soggy rice | It had been raining hard and the ground was soggy underfoot.

humid/muggy used when the weather is hot but the air feels wet in a way that makes you uncomfortable : Summers in Tokyo are hot and humid. | a hot muggy day | the humid heat of a tropical forest

very wet

soaked [名词前不用] very wet all the way through – used especially about people and their clothes : It absolutely poured with rain and we got soaked. | His shirt was soaked with blood.

drenched [名词前不用] very wet – used about a person or area after a lot of rain or water has fallen on them : Everyone got drenched when a huge wave hit the boat. | The garden was completely drenched after the rain.

saturated extremely wet, and unable to take in any more water or liquid : His bandage was saturated with blood. | The floods were the result of heavy rainfall on already saturated soil.

waterlogged / wɔtəlɒɡd $ wɒtərlɒɡd, wɑ-, -lɑɡd / used about ground that has water on its surface because it is so wet that it cannot take in any more : The game was cancelled because the field was waterlogged.

sodden British English very wet with water – used about clothes and the ground. Sodden is less common than soaked : The ground was still sodden. | He took off his sodden shirt.