1·People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life.
在阴暗潮湿的工厂里苦作的人们精疲力竭了，无法享受家庭生活。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The stereotypical library is dying — and it's taking its shushing ladies, dank smell and endless shelves of books with it.
——传统的图书馆正在死去——连同其中多愁善感的图书馆管理员，潮湿的气味以及一排一排永无止境的书架。
3·The basement in our house is dark and dank, so it is full of mold.
我们家的地下室又暗又潮湿，里面长满了霉。
4·Beneath the uppermost church lies a 4th-century church, and beneath this lies the dark, dank temple, with its altar bearing a carving of the god Mithras slaying a bull.
圣克莱大教堂下方便是一座于四世纪建成的教堂。黑暗潮湿的密特拉教庙宇就位于这座教堂下，在它的圣坛上有一座雕塑——密特拉神正在宰杀一头牛。
5·It's not like my mother was lying on a steel bunk in a dank cell, covered with the standard issued, itchy green, waterproof army blankets.
并不是说，我妈妈就躺在潮湿的单人牢房里的铁床上，盖着依固定标准颁发的、绿唧唧的防水军用毛毯。