damp·en /ˈdæmpən/
(vt.)弄濕,使衰減(vi.)變濕,喪氣
Damp·en v. t. [imp. & p. p. dampened p. pr. & vb. n. dampening.]
1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. --The Century.
Damp·en, v. i. To become damp; to deaden.
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dampen
v 1: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn: stifle]
[ant: stimulate]
2: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten,
wash]
3: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle,
mute, dull, damp, tone down]
4: reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
5: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
"muffle the message" [syn: deaden, damp]
6: check; keep in check (a fire)
7: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
[syn: damp, soften, weaken, break]