damp

• vt.湿らせる；弱める；落ち込ませる；抑制する
• 湿らせる、湿らせる；湿らせる
• n. 湿気、湿気
• adj.湿る

語源は不明。

damp

damp: [14] The familiar adjectival use of damp as ‘slightly wet’ is a comparatively recent development, from the 18th century. When the word was first borrowed into English, from Middle Low German damp, it was a noun meaning ‘vapour’ (an application which survives in fire-damp). It comes ultimately from a Germanic base *thump-. The first line of semantic development taken by the word in English was of a ‘noxious exhalation’ (including gas or even smoke, not just vapour), and this is reflected in its earliest adjectival use, in the late 16th century, meaning ‘dazed’, as if affected by such harmful fumes; ‘with looks downcast and damp’, John Milton, Paradise Lost 1667.

Another contemporary sense was ‘noxious’. But the 17th century saw the noun used more and more for specifically wet turbidity: ‘mist’, or simply ‘moisture’. And this formed the basis of the present-day adjectival sense.

damp (n.)

early 14c., "noxious vapor," perhaps in Old English but there is no record of it. If not, probably from Middle Low German damp; ultimately in either case from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (cognates: Old High German damph, German Dampf "vapor;" Old Norse dampi "dust"). Sense of "moisture, humidity" is first certainly attested 1706.

damp (adj.)

1580s, "dazed," from damp (n.). Meaning "slightly wet" is from 1706. Related: Dampness.

damp (v.)

late 14c., "to suffocate," from damp (n.). Figurative meaning "to deaden (the spirits, etc.)" attested by 1540s. Meaning "to moisten" is recorded from 1670s. Related: Damped; damping.

1. They all walked barefoot across the damp sand to the water 's edge.

彼らはすべて裸足で湿った砂地を通って水辺に来た。

2.The bunk mattress was hard，the blankets prickly and slightly damp .

このベッドのマットレスは硬くて、毛布もきつくて、しかも少し湿っています。

3.If damp ，musty buildings make you ill，mould is probably the cause.

湿ったカビの生えた建物があなたを病気にしたら、カビは病因である可能性が高い。

4.Cracks，bulges，crumbling pointing and damp patches mean trouble.

亀裂、突起、はがれの目地、濡れた斑は問題があることを意味します。

5.There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.

湿った木材やオイルのにおいがします。