dank

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dank /dæŋk/ adjective  WETCOLDunpleasantly wet and cold 湿冷的，阴冷的 a dank prison cell 阴冷的牢房► see thesaurus at damp —dankness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

dank• The sound system crackles, the projector is faulty, the auditorium is dank and all but empty.• The air in the room was heavy and dank, and I couldn't sleep.• But the trees were tall firs, dripping wet with dank bracken underneath among the black trunks.• From seaside gazebos to dank concrete bunkers, the production design is brilliant.• During the daytime, the temperature would reach 106 degrees; at night the men shivered in their dank drawers.• It is a pure sporting moment, a coach and his team huddled together on a dank night.• I'm not surprised he's miserable, living in that dank old house.• Marie said, following Helen along the hallway with its familiar dank smell of musty horsehair and cedar and mothballs.• The bag had been sitting in a dank tent for three days and smelled like an old laundry hamper.Origin dank (1300-1400) Probably from a Scandinavian language

dank adjectiveChinese  

cold unpleasantly wet Corpus and

dank
dank /dæŋk/ adjectiveunpleasantly wet and cold:
    a dank prison cell
—dankness noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

■ air/weather
   ▪ damp slightly wet, especially in a cold unpleasant way: It was a cold damp morning.
   ▪ humid hot and damp in an unpleasant way: Florida can be very humid in the summer.
   ▪ muggy warm and damp and making you feel uncomfortable: This muggy weather gives me a headache.
   ▪ dank dank air is cold and damp and smells unpleasant – used especially about the air inside a room: The dank air smelled of stale sweat.

dankBrE /dæŋk/ 🔊NAmE /dæŋk/ 🔊 adjective(especially of a place 尤指地方) damp, cold and unpleasant 阴冷潮湿的；阴湿的◆a dark dank cave阴暗潮湿的洞穴▸ dank·ness BrE /ˈdæŋknəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdæŋknəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]