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damper
- IPA[ˈdampə]
英式
- a person or thing that has a subduing or inhibiting effect;a pad silencing a piano string except when removed by means of a pedal or by the note being struck.
noun: damper, plural noun: dampers
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名詞
- 1. a person or thing that has a subduing or inhibiting effect there's nothing like a swarm of bees to completely put a damper on a graduation ceremony
- ▪ a pad silencing a piano string except when removed by means of a pedal or by the note being struck.
- ▪ a device for reducing mechanical vibration, in particular a shock absorber on a motor vehicle.
- ▪ a conductor used to reduce oscillation in an electric motor or generator.
- ▪ a movable metal plate in a flue or chimney, used to regulate the draught and so control the rate of combustion.
- 2. Australian, New Zealand an unleavened loaf or cake of flour and water baked in wood ashes.