单词 | muggy |
释义 | mug·gy /ˈmʌɡi/ adjective informalWET muggy weather is unpleasantly warm and the air seems wet 〔天气〕闷热潮湿的 SYN humid► see thesaurus at damp, hot, wetExamples from the Corpusmuggy• It was warm again, warm and muggy.• It was a warm muggy afternoon, and it looked like it would rain.• The air now had a muggy, almost tropical, feel.• The coast was rough country and the big rucksack a burden in the muggy atmosphere.• But on this muggy August afternoon, with no open windows, its failure is guaranteed.• It is another hot muggy day.• It was a hot, very muggy evening.• Summer is hot and muggy in the Deep South.• When it's hot and muggy, no one feels like working.• I meet her, in my unflattering dress, at the Warrior one muggy Saturday.• The prestigious venue was host to 46 teams on a muggy Sunday.Origin muggy (1700-1800) mug “light rain” ((1700-1800)), probably from a Scandinavian languagemug·gy adjectiveChineseSyllable unpleasantly and Corpus warm muggy is weather |
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