關鍵字彙：
clammy/ damp/ dank/ dehydrate/ desiccate/ drench/ humid/ moist/ musty/ parch/ saturate/ sere, sear/ shrivel/ slimy/ soak/ sodden
1. 指太陽把土地等曬得又乾又熱，用動詞parch，它的形容詞parched可以指人「非常口渴的」。另外，「脫水」叫dehydrate；「使完全乾涸」叫desiccate（正式用法）：
•The fierce sun parched the soil.
•The hiker was parched with thirst.
•They dehydrated eggs to make egg powder.
•That sick man will dehydrate and die if we don't get medical help.
•Intensive farming has desiccated the land.
2. 「枯萎」叫shrivel，「枯萎的」較優雅的用字是sere：
•The high temperature shriveled some leaves.
•Leaves become sere in the hot dry weather.
3. 描寫一種讓人不舒服的濕氣，用damp：
•The grass is still damp.
•This shirt still feels a bit damp.
It was a damp, misty morning.
•Almost no one likes damp weather.
4. 東西或地方因為潮濕而「有霉味的」叫musty：
•You have to expose these musty books to the sun.
•The attic was dark and musty.
5. 「濕濕、冷冷且黏黏的」用clammy；「黏黏滑滑的」用slimy；「濕濕、冷冷且暗暗的」用dank：
•Don't touch me with your clammy hands.
•Her face was clammy with sweat as she climbed to the top of the mountain.
•Although snakes look slimy, their skin is actually dry to the touch.
•The cave was dark, dank, and chilly.
•The thief hid in the dank undergrowth of the forest.
6. 形容空氣中或物體表面不會讓人感到不快、甚至可能覺得舒服的濕氣，用humid和moist：
•The humid air will be helpful for the old man's health.
•The thick steam in the room had made the walls moist.
7. 「濕透」或「淋濕」，用drench或saturate；「浸泡」用soak；「濕透的」或「浸透的」叫sodden：
•I am drenched to the skin because I had no coat on when the rain started.
•It was a drenching rain. （大雨傾盆）
•I got a good drenching in the rain. （我被雨淋得像落湯雞）
•Their clothes were saturated by the rain.
•Leave the dirty clothes to soak.
•He likes to soak himself in a warm bath.
•The football field was sodden from last night's rain.
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