damp的意思|damp的解释-里氏词典

Damp \Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Damped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Damping}.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See {Damp}, n.]
1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately
wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

2. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to
cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make
dull; to weaken; to discourage. ``To damp your tender
hopes.'' --Akenside.

Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements,
and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring
if it were not for this slug. --Bacon.

How many a day has been damped and darkened by an
angry word! --Sir J.
Lubbock.

The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of
the soldiers. --Macaulay.

Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.]
1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet;
moist; humid.

O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
--Dryden.

2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]

All these and more came flocking, but with looks
Downcast and damp. --Milton.

Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,
steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.
dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

Night . . . with black air
Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.
--Milton.

2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
--Addison.

It must have thrown a damp over your autumn
excursion. --J. D.
Forbes.

3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old
wells, pints, etc.

{Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid
gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal
life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.

{Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air
currents and prevent accumulation of gas.

{Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted
hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when
mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with
flame.

deoxyribonucleotide \deoxyribonucleotide\ n.
an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached
to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group
esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose.
Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up
{deoxyribonucleic acid}, the molecule carrying the hereditary
information in most organisms. The most common forms of
deoxyribonuceotide are {thymidine-5'-phosphate} (abbreviated
{TMP}), {deoxyadenosine-5'-phosphate} (abbreviated {dAMP}),
{deoxyguanosine-5'-phosphate} (abbreviated {dGMP}), and
{deoxycytidine-5'-phosphate} (abbreviated {dCMP}).
[PJC]

This has helped damp activity in dollar bonds, even though individual monthly figures often are unreliable in gauging levels of activity over longer periods.
Mr. Nakasone's cuts in direct taxes, both personal and corporate, could indeed help damp the rising unemployment rate and boost the flagging Japanese economy.
But there's a lot of shock among investors in the bond funds and that could damp any rallies."
Fears of a war in the Middle East and a recession at home can only damp consumers' spirits at a time when retailers can least afford it: The Christmas season typically accounts for a third of a store's annual sales and half of profits.
The moisture probe that farmer and cattleman Jerry Porter poked into the central Kansas wheat field sunk only a couple of inches and brought up dust instead of damp, compacted earth.
Metals prices are expected to remain low through the end of the year, as the recession continues to damp industrial and construction demand for metals-based products.
If anything, the expanded IRAs might damp the recovery by decreasing consumer spending.
At the same time, his appearance without a topcoat in a cold and damp mountain setting reinforced both his status as a front-runner and his image as a political loner from the West.
A slightly weaker dollar yesterday helped damp traders' sentiment, some analysts said.
Once this begins to damp down wage push - and this always happens - German interest rates will come down to a more acceptable level.
The country's climate is cold and damp, and the farms tend to be small: The average German farm is just 40 acres, one-tenth the size of the average U.S. farm.
Laurence Tribe would align with Genetics Institute in a patent fight with Amgen appeared to bolster Genetics' stock and damp Amgen's.
And "it tends to get kind of damp in the spring," Hay said.
Obviously feeling no pain, the passenger up ahead abruptly flipped his damp face cloth over his shoulder and into the air.
And if the Soviet crisis snarls the German economy, it also will damp prospects throughout Europe, which looks to the Germans for both economic stimulus and monetary stability.
The cold, damp ground around the tree where the body was found was bare, and the tree was stripped of leaves, a contrast to the green grass and foliage in the park on the warm summer morning when Miss Levin was killed.
Recently, researchers in Sweden have reported that transplanting human fetal brain cells to the brains of Parkinson's disease patients drastically reduced the amount of the drug, L-dopa, needed to damp the patients' tremors.
To head off further economic contraction, West Germany and Japan need to stimulate their economies to increase imports, and the U.S. must try harder to reduce the deficit, damp consumption and stimulate savings and investment.
Each year his one-man company, Beaver Biological Supplies, ships thousands of the slimy creatures all over the world from this damp little coastal island.
Eemland has denied that the planned sale was influenced by mounting international anti-trust pressure on Gillette. Mr Mike Dowdall, Eemland's chairman, said the Commission order was 'a damp squib'.
A business downturn would almost certainly damp consumer demand for beef and pork and bring meat prices down from June's record levels at supermarkets.
Reagan sought to damp speculation about why Indian-born U.S. resident Mithileshwar Singh was freed in Lebanon.
The sun emerged and warmed the crowd, damp from standing in heavy morning showers.
Four chimney stacks are dangerously unstable, 90 per cent of the masonry needs attention, the window frames are rotten, and many flats are damp. No local estate agents or solicitors will touch the place.
And Secretary of State George Shultz, in an effort to damp congressional concerns about deepening U.S. involvement, said the administration won't get into a war.
He has sold short Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Delta Air Lines and USAir Group, because he believes holders will dump these stocks when poor earnings reports damp expectations.
Many people believe the recent stock price gyrations and Wall Street firings will damp spending plans by consumers generally, especially yuppies.
The imminent era of tamer claims will make it almost impossible for new products to crack the market and could damp sales of the most blatantly aggressive firms.
She must be ill, or the light would have woken her, and her hair looks as if it might be damp from a feverish sleep.
The government tightened monetary policy in April and May and might do so again if it feels a need to damp the economy through higher interest rates, economists say.

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