wham

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

wham /wæm/ interjection 1 CHITused to describe the sound of something suddenly hitting something else very hard 砰，嘭〔形容某物突然撞击他物的声音〕 Wham! The car hit the wall. 砰！汽车撞到了墙上。2 SUDDENLYused to express the idea that something very unexpected suddenly happens 〔表示意外的事情突然发生〕 Life is going along nicely and then, wham, you lose your job. 日子正过得好好的，然后一下子，你失业了。 —wham noun [countable]

Examples from the Corpus

wham• I moved slightly, and wham, the bear hit me again.

wham interjectionChinese

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wham /wæm/

interjection
1. used to describe the sound of something suddenly hitting something else very hard:

Wham! The car hit the wall.
2. used to express the idea that something very unexpected suddenly happens:

Life is going along nicely and then, wham, you lose your job.
—wham noun [countable]

wham

BrE

/wæm/

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NAmE

/wæm/

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exclamation

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informal

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used to represent the sound of a sudden, loud hit （突然的重击声）砰，嘭

◆The bombs went down—wham!—right on target. 炸弹落了下来，砰！正好击中目标。

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used to show that sth that is unexpected has suddenly happened （表示意外的事情突然发生）

◆I saw him yesterday and—wham!—I realized I was still in love with him. 我昨天看到他了。我猛地一下子意识到我仍然爱着他。

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<titled tranID="33" status="1">wet</titled>moist ◇ damp ◇ soaked ◇ drenched ◇ saturated

These words all describe things covered with or full of liquid, especially water. 以上各词均形容物体等潮的、湿的。

wet covered with or full of liquid, especially water 指潮的、湿的、潮湿的：◆The car had skidded on the wet road. 汽车在湿路上打滑了。◆You'll get wet(= in the rain) if you go out now. 你现在出去就会被淋湿。
moist slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful 指微湿的、湿润的、润泽的，常指是舒适或有益的：◆a lovely rich moist cake 可爱的松软味浓的蛋糕
damp slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant 指微湿的、潮湿的、湿度大的，常指令人不舒服的：◆The cottage was cold and damp. 这小屋又冷又湿。
soaked (rather informal) very wet 指湿透了：◆You're soaked through!(= completely wet) 你都湿透了！
drenched very wet 指湿透了：◆We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，回到家时浑身湿透了。

soaked or drenched? 用 soaked 还是 drenched？

Both of these words can be used with with or in. 上述两词均可与 with 或 in 连用：◆soaked/drenched with/in sweat/blood 大汗淋漓；浸透了鲜血 Soaked but not usually drenched can also be used before a noun. * soaked 亦可用于名词前，drenched 通常不这样用：◆their soaked clothes 他们湿透了的衣服◆their drenched clothes

saturated very wet 指湿透、浸透：◆The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything. 地已经浸透，种什么东西都是白搭。

Patterns

wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with sth
soaked/drenched in sth
sb's coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/soaked/drenched
wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth
to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated