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  • Conjugation : past  wet ; past  wetted ; ing  wetting ; more  wetter ; most  wettest
  • Derivatives : n  wetness ; adv  wetly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

wet [wεt]
  1. 1. adjective [+person] [ clothes] 湿的
  2. 2. adjective [+paint] [ cement] [ glue] 未干的
  3. 3. adjective [+weather] [ day] (rainy) 多雨的
  4. 4. noun [c] [BRIT] 采取自由主义保守党成员
  5. 5. vt. (dampen) 把…弄湿
    soaking wet
    湿透
    to get wet
    弄湿
    to get sth wet
    把某物弄湿
    his face was wet with tears
    他泪流满面
    "wet paint"
    油漆未干”
    wet blanket
    扫兴的人
    to wet one's pants {or} o.s.
    尿裤子
    to wet the bed
    尿床

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

wet [wet]
  1. 1. adjective 湿的潮的浸透的
  2. 2. adjective 未干的未凝固的
  3. 3. adjective [American English] 允许制(售)酒的,不禁酒的
  4. 4. adjective 分泌乳汁的,处于产奶期的
  5. 5. adjective 有酒的,卖酒的
  6. 6. adjective [Slang] 喝得烂醉的,酩酊大醉的
  7. 7. adjective 幼稚的无经验的
  8. 8. adjective 多雨的下雨的
  9. 9. adjective 软弱的,窝囊
  10. 10. vt. 弄湿,使变湿
  11. 11. vt. 把……尿湿
    This eight year old boy still wets his bed.
    这名八岁小男孩仍然尿床
  12. 12. n.[u] 潮湿潮气湿气
    Drops of wet gleamed on the window.
    窗户布满水滴
  13. 13. n.[u] [Singular] 雨;雨天
  14. 14. n.[c] [Slang] 迟钝的人,软弱的人
  15. 15. n.[c] [British English] [Derogatory] 稳健而不激进政治家

Collins English-English Dictionary

wet [wεt]
  1. 1. adj moistened, covered, saturated, etc, with water or some other liquid
  2. 2. adj not yet dry or solid
    wet varnish
  3. 3. adj rainy, foggy, misty, or humid
    wet weather
  4. 4. adj employing a liquid, usually water
    a wet method of chemical analysis
  5. 5. adj [chiefly US and Canadian] characterized by or permitting the free sale of alcoholic beverages
    a wet state
  6. 6. adj [Brit] [Spoken] feeble or foolish
  7. 7. n wetness or moisture
  8. 8. n damp or rainy weather
  9. 9. n [Brit] [Spoken] a Conservative politician who is considered not to be a hard-liner - Compare dry
  10. 10. n [Brit] [Spoken] a feeble or foolish person
  11. 11. n [chiefly US and Canadian] a person who advocates free sale of alcoholic beverages
  12. 12. vb to make or become wet
  13. 13. vb to urinate on (something)
  14. 14. vt. [tr] [Dialect] to prepare (tea) by boiling or infusing
  15. 15. vt. [Etymology] Old English wæt; related to Old Frisian wet, Old Norse vatr, Old Slavonic vedro bucket

Examples

dripping wet
全部湿透
wet to the skin
浑身湿透
wet paint
未干的油漆
wet town
不禁酒的城镇
This land is too wet to till.
这块土地太湿,无法耕种。

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