a wet blanket
討厭的人
Blan·ket n.
1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.
2. Print. A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
Note: ☞ The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters explains the following figure of Shakespeare.
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry, “Hold, hold!” --Shak.
Blanket sheet, a newspaper of folio size.
A wet blanket, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discour░ges.