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Muggy weather is warm, and the air itself feels wet — as if a thin, warm mist is sitting on your skin. You do not need rain. The wetness is already in the air, so you sweat, clothes , and a room with no wind feels heavy.
Muggy weather悶熱的天氣 is unpleasantly warm是讓人不舒服的暖 and the air itself feels wet而且空氣本身感覺是濕的 as if a thin, warm mist is sitting on your skin好像有一層薄薄溫溫的霧貼在皮膚上 You do not need rain不需要下雨 The wetness is already in the air濕氣已經在空氣裡了 so you sweat所以你會流汗 clothes cling衣服會黏在身上 and a room with no wind feels heavy沒有風的房間會讓人覺得悶
English speakers use it for summer days, nights before a storm, and places near the sea or a river. It is a , everyday word, not a science word.
English speakers use it for英語使用者會用這個字形容 summer days, nights before a storm夏天的日子、暴風雨前的夜晚 and places near the sea or a river還有靠海或靠河的地方 It is a homely, everyday word這是個平易近人的日常用字 not a science word不是科學術語
Though actually, heat alone is not enough, and damp air alone is not enough. A hot dry wind is not muggy, and a cold wet morning is not muggy either. You need warmth plus that sticky wetness.
Though actually不過其實 heat alone is not enough光有熱是不夠的 and damp air alone is not enough光有潮濕的空氣也不夠 A hot dry wind is not muggy乾熱的風不算「muggy」 and a cold wet morning is not muggy either濕冷的早晨也不算 You need warmth plus that sticky wetness你需要溫暖再加上那種黏黏的濕氣
People also stretch it a little: “It's so muggy in here” can mean a closed room feels thick, even indoors.
People also stretch it a little人們有時也會延伸使用 "It's so muggy in here"「這裡好悶」 can mean a closed room feels thick可以指一個封閉的房間感覺很悶 even indoors即使是在室內
組成From an old dialect word mug, “fog, mist,” plus -y (“full of / like”). That mug comes from Old Norse mugga, “drizzle, mist.” English already had a related verb by 1390.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
muggyadj/ˈmʌɡi/
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Humid, or hot and humid.
- The next was a very unpropitious morning for a journey—muggy, damp, and drizzly.
- What struck me as the most curious thing about this wonderful river was: how did the air keep fresh? It was muggy and thick, no doubt, but still not sufficiently so to render it bad or even remarkably unpleasant.
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obsoleteWet or mouldy.
- muggy straw
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obsoleteslangDrunk.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。