wet,damp,moist,dank,humid
These adjectives mean covered with or saturated with liquid.
这些形容词的意思是涂满液体或浸透了液体.
Wet describes not only what is covered or soaked (
Wet 不仅仅描述覆盖或浸满了液体(
a wet sidewalk;
潮湿的人行道；
a wet sponge) but also what is not yet dry (
蘸湿了的海绵),还指没有完全干（
wet paint).
油漆未干）.
Damp andmoist both mean slightly wet,butdamp often implies an unpleasant clamminess:
Damp 和moist 都指湿,但damp 常指令人不愉快的湿冷：
a cold,damp cellar;
冰冷潮湿的衣领；
a moist breeze.
一阵湿润的微风.
Dank emphasizes disagreeable,often unhealthful wetness:
Dank 强调令人讨厌的且常有害于身体健康的潮湿：
a dank cave;
阴湿的洞穴；
dank tropical forests.
阴湿的热带雨林.
Humid refers to an unpleasantly high degree of moisture in the atmosphere:
Humid 指大气里令人不舒服的,高度的潮湿：
hot,humid weather.
又热又潮的天气