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DAMP
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Traducere în limba română
damp I. substantiv
1. umezeală, umiditate, igrasie.
2. (mine) gaz de mină. grizu.
3. descurajare, deprimare. mâhnire;
to cast / to throw a damp (up)on / over smb. / smb.’s spirits a deprima pe cineva, a descuraja pe cineva, a strica dispoziţia / cheful cuiva.
4. (sl.) beţie, chef.
5. (tehn.) amortizare.
damp II. adjectiv
1. umed, igrasios, jilav ud.
2. (fig.) deprimat, abătut, descurajat.
damp III. verb A. tranzitiv
1. a umezi, a jilăvi; a stropi, a înmuia; a uda.
2. a stinge, a înăbusi;
to damp (down) a fire a stinge un foc.
3. a slăbi (presiunea), a micşora (puterea), a încetini (miscarea).
4. (şi to damp down) (fig.) a slăbi, a tăia, a potoli, a răci;
to damp smb.’s ardour a potoli zelul cuiva.
5. (fig.) a descuraja; a strica dispoziţia (cuiva).
6. (tehn.) a amortiza, a atenua.
damp III. verb B. intranzitiv
(despre plante) to damp off a pieri de făinare.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
There had been rain all day, and there was a damp feeling in the air.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
But you must have found it very damp and dirty.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
As if awaked by the stir, Hannah started out of her sleep, hurried to the bed, looked at Beth, felt her hands, listened at her lips, and then, throwing her apron over her head, sat down to rock to and fro, exclaiming, under her breath, The fever's turned, she's sleepin' nat'ral, her skin's damp, and she breathes easy.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
This silence damped me.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
I was unwilling to damp my good friend's confidence, and therefore assented.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
I think it would be much better if they would come in one afternoon next summer, and take their tea with us—take us in their afternoon walk; which they might do, as our hours are so reasonable, and yet get home without being out in the damp of the evening.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
“Oh yes,” said Traddles, “she is alive. She is a very superior woman indeed, but the damp country is not adapted to her constitution, and—in fact, she has lost the use of her limbs.”
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
The rain cooled about half-past three to a damp mist through which occasional thin drops swam like dew.
(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)
When he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes.
(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)