Dank describes a place that is wet, cold, and unpleasant — a cellar, a cave, a basement, a stone corridor that never sees the sun. It is not merely a little moist.

Dank Dank describes a place that is wet, cold, and unpleasant用來形容一個地方又濕又冷又讓人不舒服—— a cellar, a cave, a basement, a stone corridor that never sees the sun像地窖、山洞、地下室，或一條照不到太陽的石頭走廊。 It is not merely a little moist這不只是「有點潮濕」而已。

Damp can be a towel or a climate; dank has a smell and a chill, and it makes you want to leave. You use it of rooms, earth, air, and sometimes clothes that have sat in that air.

Damp can be a towel or a climateDamp可以用來講毛巾或氣候； dank has a smell and a chilldank則帶有一股氣味和寒意， and it makes you want to leave讓人想趕快離開。 You use it of rooms, earth, air可以用來講房間、泥土、空氣， and sometimes clothes that have sat in that air有時候也講放在那種空氣裡的衣服。

It is a little literary or descriptive, more at home in a story than in a weather app.

It is a little literary or descriptive這個字有點文學、描寫感， more at home in a story than in a weather app比較適合出現在故事裡，而不是天氣App上。

Though actually younger speakers, especially online, also use dank for something they think is excellent or funnily over-the-top (a dank meme). That slang grew out of a drug meaning of dank, not out of the cellar.

Though actually不過實際上， younger speakers, especially online, also use dank for something they think is excellent or funnily over-the-top年輕人，尤其在網路上，也會用dank來形容他們覺得超讚或誇張到很好笑的東西 (a dank meme)（像a dank meme「超讚的迷因」）。 That slang grew out of a drug meaning of dank這種俚語用法是從dank的毒品意思演變來的， not out of the cellar不是從地窖那個意思來的。

In class, the meaning you need first is still the wet-and-cold one; if you only learn the meme sense, a sentence about a dank dungeon will sound like praise.

In class, the meaning you need first is still the wet-and-cold one在課堂上，你最先需要的還是「陰濕寒冷」這個意思； if you only learn the meme sense如果你只學了迷因那個意思， a sentence about a dank dungeon will sound like praise一句講dank dungeon（陰濕地牢）的話聽起來就會像在稱讚。