(especially of a place )尤指地方 slightly wet, cold and unpleasant 阴冷潮湿的;阴湿的 a dark dank cave 阴暗潮湿的洞穴
Extra ExamplesIt was a small place with a dank smell. 那是一个小地方,有股潮湿的气味。 The cold dank air made him shiver. 寒冷潮湿的空气让他发抖。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDank is used with these nouns:- basement
- cave
- corridor
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish dank ‘marshy spot’.