wet blanket

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌwet ˈblæŋ.kɪt]
• 美式音标 [ˌwet ˈblæŋ.kɪt]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 扫兴的人；湿毯子；扫兴的事

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Your girlfriend is such a wet blanket!
  wet是“潮湿”的意思，blanket是“毯子”。
• He'll be a wet blanket if he is invited to our party, because he can not dance.
  他不会跳舞，如果邀请他来参加我们的舞会，他肯定是个令人扫兴的家伙。
  www.chinadaily.com.cn
• So don’t get the feeling that I’m a wet blanket if I don’t react enthusiasm, especially if all viewpoints have not been considered.
  所以，如果我没有表现出反应热烈，尤其是如果所有的观点没有全被考虑到时，请不要认为我是煞风景的人。

权威例句

• Conversely, market signals suggest that green energy is, at least for now, the proverbial wet blanket.
  FORBES: President Obama's Economy Continues To Fizzle
• Mr. CHRISTIE: Well, I hate to say the wet blanket into this, gentlemen.
  NPR: Roundtable: Chrysler's Deep Cuts, 'Rebranding' Africa
• Ackerman is very good at playing the wet blanket at the globalization party.
  FORBES: Magazine Article

词组短语

短语

• wet -blanket 用湿毯扑灭
• wet t blanket 湿毯子
• ap wet blanket 扫兴的人
• a wet blanket 讨人嫌的人;扫兴的人;令人扫兴的人;使人扫兴的人
• be a wet blanket 扫兴;杀风景;是扫兴;将一条湿毯

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a person who says or does something that stops other people enjoying themselves

柯林斯英英字典

• If you say that someone is a wet blanket, you are criticizing them because they refuse to join other people in an enjoyable activity or because they want to stop other people from enjoying themselves.