释义 |
ˈnight-sweat [f. night n. + sweat n.] Profuse perspiration occurring during the night, symptomatic of certain diseases. Also fig.
a1754Mead Wks. (1762) 487 In two months a hectick came on, attended with thirst, heat and night-sweats. 1789Med. Jrnl. II. 19 The night-sweats, and other hectic symptoms, were now extreme. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan II. 176 Flowers that looked as if they had never had the night-sweat in all their lives. 1876J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. (1878) 600 With this are necessarily associated night-sweats and other characteristic features of hectic. |