damp

The best way to lay the dust is to damp the floor down, and then rub it all over with a piece of cloth.

不使塵土飛揚的最好方法就是把地板潤濕一下,隨后用布擦一遍。

You'd better damp down the ground and then sweep it.

你最好先在地上灑一層水,然后再打掃。

We may damp down the fire furnace for the night.

我們可以把火爐子封上過(guò)夜。

Don't forget to damp down the fire before going to bed.

上床睡覺(jué)之前,別忘了封火。

If you don't use the fire now, you can damp it down.

如果你現在不用火,你可以把火封上。

A few weeks' hard work should damp down his keenness.

幾星期的艱苦工作減弱了他的熱情。

They were too keen at first and we had to damp down their enthusiasm.

起初他們的心情太著(zhù)急,我們只好給他們潑點(diǎn)冷水。

Difficulties did not damp down his enthusiasm.

困難沒(méi)能夠挫傷他的積極性。

My hope of a better job damped down after six years' waiting.

經(jīng)過(guò)六年的等待,我想找份好工作的希望淡漠了。

You must see to it that there isn't too much water in the fields, otherwise the seedlings might damp off.

當心不要讓田里積水太多,不然的話(huà),秧苗要爛壞的。

It rained so much last year that half the vegetable crops damped off.

去年雨水過(guò)多,一半蔬菜都泡爛了。

The plants have damped off.

這些植物已淹死了。

Don't give those plants too much water; they will damp off.

別給這些植物澆太多的水,它們會(huì )淹死的。