dampener是什么意思？

dampener

英['dæmpənə] 美['dæmpənə]

• 湿润器；

例句

• Admittedly, the recession has been a bit of a dampener. 诚然经济萧条已经逐步在减弱.
• He used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them. 在熨衬衣前,他用加湿器先湿润了一下.
• The incident put a dampener on his birthday party. 这件事使得他的生日晚会很扫兴.
• Boy, did this woman know how to put a dampener on your day. 天啊，这个女人可真会让人扫兴。

词组

• put a dampener on
  another way of saying put a damper on (see damper) 同 put a damper on（见 damper条）

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PHRASE
  put a dampener on 同 put a damper on
  To put a dampener on something means the same as to put a damper on it.
  例句
  Boy, did this woman know how to put a dampener on your day. 天啊，这个女人可真会让人扫兴。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a device that dampens or moistens something;
  "he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them"