English Dictionary

moist

IPA（発音記号）

/mɔɪst/

形容詞

くだけた表現 歴史的 廃用 未分類 詩語

Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp. / Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.

日本語の意味

湿っている / 水分を含んだ / しっとりした / 涙で潤んでいる

The moist soil around the sapling helped it grow quickly.

苗木の周りの湿った土が、その成長を早めた。

意味（1）

Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.

Will theſe moyſt Trees, That haue out-liu'd the Eagle, page thy heeles And skip when thou point'ſt out?

意味（2）

Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.

[H]aue you not a moiſt eie, a dry hand, a yelow cheeke, a white beard, a decreaſing leg, an increaſing belly? […] and will you yet call your ſelfe yong? fie, fie, fie, ſir Iohn.

意味（3）

Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.

Ye Swains, invoke the Pow'rs who rule the Sky, For a moiſt Summer, and a Winter dry: For Winter drout rewards the Peaſant's Pain, And broods indulgent on the bury'd Grain.

意味（4）

(informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.

He slid a finger in me, checking to make sure I was moist and ready for him.

意味（5）

Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.

意味（6）

Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.

意味（7）

(sciences, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.

[T]he moiſt ſtarre, Vpon whoſe influence Neptunes Empier ſtands, Was ſicke almoſt to doomeſday with eclipſe, […]

意味（8）

Fluid, liquid, watery.

O pardon me, my liege, but for my teares, The moiſt impediments vnto my ſpeech, I had foreſtald this deere and deep rebuke, […]

意味（9）

(also poetic) Bringing moisture or rain.

And the moiſt daughters of huge Atlas ſtroue Into the Ocean deepe to driue their weary droue.

moister （ comparative ）

more moist （ comparative ）

moistest （ superlative ）

most moist （ superlative ）