muggy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Humid, or hot and humid. usually
    — The next was a very unpropitious morning for a journey—muggy, damp, and drizzly.
  2. Wet or mouldy. obsolete
    — muggy straw
  3. Drunk. obsolete,slang

词形变化

muggier comparative muggiest superlative

词汇关系

近义词
close heavy muggy oppressive steamy sticky sultry sweltering tropic tropical
反义词
arid torrid clammy dank raw
上位词
hot wet windless
下位词
airless frowsty overclose stifling stuffy
衍生词
muggily mugginess unmuggy

词源

From dialectal English mug (“fog, mist; Scotch mist”) + -y, ultimately from Old Norse mugga (“drizzle, mist”); borrowed some time before 1390, when a derived verb, Middle English mugen (“of a fog: to drizzle”), is attested.
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