damper
['dæmpər]
n.
(钢琴的)制音器;
减震器;
(火炉等的)风门;
使人扫兴的人(事);
adj.
潮湿的,不完全干燥的( damp的比较级 );
例句:
-
Europe, century by century, was growing milder and damper.
一个又一个世纪, 欧洲渐渐变得更加温和、潮湿.
-
That would put a damper on the future growth of U.S. steel exports.
那将会抑制美国钢铁出口未来的增长。
-
The cold weather put a damper on our plans.
寒冷的天气给我们的计划泼了冷水。
-
Sussex is a great damper of curiosity.
来自Horace Walpole
-
A room so lofty and so full of draughts as to put the damper on any occasion.
来自B. Bainbridge
-
In some states, Republican governors have put the damper on legislative efforts to place guns in schools.
来自WSJ