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词汇 muggy
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Definition of muggy in English:

muggy

adjectivemuggier, muggiest ˈmʌɡiˈməɡi
  • (of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid.

    (天气)闷热潮湿的

    it was a hot, very muggy evening
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They walked slowly, as the humid and muggy atmosphere seemed to way them down.
    • Forecasters said the UK would take on a tropical feel, with sticky and muggy weather making conditions unpleasant.
    • It's so muggy and sticky and every time I breathe in, the air feels disgustingly warm and damp.
    • Since the room was stuffy and muggy without the air conditioner running all the time, just turning the thing off wasn't an option.
    • Then when summer finally arrives, we blast the air conditioning and nag about how muggy and unbearable the weather is.
    • After two weeks of the muggy heat, though, Maurer said the Minnesota weather was a welcome relief.
    • The muggy weather made my clothes stick to my body and I tossed in my bed.
    • It's ever so close in the lounge, dear, clammy, muggy, stuffy, humid, hot.
    • Southend seemed to suffer the worst of today's storms, but the weathermen say it will remain warm and muggy for a while yet.
    • Although it was pouring with rain, the day was so warm and muggy that the cows were literally steaming, you could see clouds of moisture rising from them.
    • The first version was cold and rainy; the second was miserably hot, smotheringly muggy.
    • So you'd think it would be hot and muggy there, and people wouldn't want to be bothered with wearing too much pesky clothing, right?
    • So it was another late night yesterday, made worse by the very hot muggy weather making it almost impossible to get to sleep even with the fan on number two all night.
    • Over here it's that muggy heat that you can't breathe.
    • It was extremely muggy and humid, making anyone who had stayed in there for ten minutes start to sweat.
    • The weather was warm though and the rooms were muggy and humid.
    • July had faded into August, and the nice warm days had become hot and muggy.
    • Came home to warm, muggy weather and, apparently, it rained here at the house.
    • All that hot muggy weather was really starting to get to me
    • Halle rested against the cold steel, refreshing from the muggy outdoor weather, and looked at him blankly.
    Synonyms
    humid, close, sultry, sticky, steamy, oppressive, airless, stifling, suffocating, stuffy, clammy, damp, moist, soupy, heavy, fuggy, like a Turkish bath, like a sauna

Derivatives

  • mugginess

  • noun ˈmʌɡɪnəsˈməɡinəs
    • It was a warm day, and Anna was surprised to feel the mugginess in the air.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The weather was beautiful and the sky a crisp blue contrast to the hazy mugginess of previous days.
      • Various pieces of gear and belongings were scattered about, and a current of cool air broke the mugginess as it swept into the giant open window.
      • The mugginess is making them all sweat.
      • It had been raining steadily for three hours now, and the mugginess that had haunted their steps this morning had been washed and replaced by a somewhat cold day, surprising in Arizona.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from dialect mug 'mist, drizzle', from Old Norse mugga.

Rhymes

buggy, druggy, fuggy, puggy

Definition of muggy in US English:

muggy

adjectiveˈməɡēˈməɡi
  • (of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid.

    (天气)闷热潮湿的

    it was a hot, very muggy evening
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The weather was warm though and the rooms were muggy and humid.
    • It was extremely muggy and humid, making anyone who had stayed in there for ten minutes start to sweat.
    • So you'd think it would be hot and muggy there, and people wouldn't want to be bothered with wearing too much pesky clothing, right?
    • July had faded into August, and the nice warm days had become hot and muggy.
    • All that hot muggy weather was really starting to get to me
    • It's ever so close in the lounge, dear, clammy, muggy, stuffy, humid, hot.
    • Although it was pouring with rain, the day was so warm and muggy that the cows were literally steaming, you could see clouds of moisture rising from them.
    • They walked slowly, as the humid and muggy atmosphere seemed to way them down.
    • Came home to warm, muggy weather and, apparently, it rained here at the house.
    • The first version was cold and rainy; the second was miserably hot, smotheringly muggy.
    • Then when summer finally arrives, we blast the air conditioning and nag about how muggy and unbearable the weather is.
    • Southend seemed to suffer the worst of today's storms, but the weathermen say it will remain warm and muggy for a while yet.
    • Forecasters said the UK would take on a tropical feel, with sticky and muggy weather making conditions unpleasant.
    • After two weeks of the muggy heat, though, Maurer said the Minnesota weather was a welcome relief.
    • The muggy weather made my clothes stick to my body and I tossed in my bed.
    • Over here it's that muggy heat that you can't breathe.
    • It's so muggy and sticky and every time I breathe in, the air feels disgustingly warm and damp.
    • So it was another late night yesterday, made worse by the very hot muggy weather making it almost impossible to get to sleep even with the fan on number two all night.
    • Halle rested against the cold steel, refreshing from the muggy outdoor weather, and looked at him blankly.
    • Since the room was stuffy and muggy without the air conditioner running all the time, just turning the thing off wasn't an option.
    Synonyms
    humid, close, sultry, sticky, steamy, oppressive, airless, stifling, suffocating, stuffy, clammy, damp, moist, soupy, heavy, fuggy, like a turkish bath, like a sauna

Origin

Mid 18th century: from dialect mug ‘mist, drizzle’, from Old Norse mugga.

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