swelterv.

Brit.

/ˈswɛltə/, U.S.

/ˈswɛltər/

Forms: Also Middle English sweltre, 1500s squelter; Middle English swalt(e)ryn, sqwalt-, squalt(e)ryn.

Etymology: < root of swelt v. + -er suffix⁵. Compare sulter n. Promp. Parv. has a variant derived from the grade swalt- ; compare swelting n., and swaltish adj.

a. intransitive. To be oppressed with heat; to sweat profusely, languish, or faint with excessive heat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > have or get the sensation of heat > suffer oppressive heat

sweltc1400

swelterc1403

sulter1581

stive1806

c1403 J. Lydgate Temple Glas 358 Þuruȝ myn axcesse..I sweltre and swete.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 471/1 Sqwalteryn, for hete or oþer cawsys (P. squaltryn or swaltryn), sincopo, exalo.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 481/2 Swalteryn for hete, or febylnesse, or other cawsys (P. or swownyn), exalo, sincopizo.

1575 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1907) I. 123 My seale is sorrowes sythe, within a fielde of flame, Which cuts in twaine a carefull heart, y^t sweltreth in the same.

1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies viii. 9 Oh, let me swelter in those sacred beams.

1624 F. Quarles Sions Sonets i. 5 I was enforc'd to swelter in the Sunne.

1662 C. Trenchfield Christian Chym. 3 Like Physitians who willing to appeare richly clad, swelter in Plush in hot summer.

1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. i. 24 The venerable Counsellor,..that at his great Age continues sweltering at the Bar to plead the doubtful Cause.

1825 W. Scott Let. 31 July (1935) IX. 195 Your kind letter..finds me sweltering under the hottest weather I ever experienced.

1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead xi. 313 A fat offical sweltering in his uniform under the burning sun.

figurative.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 13 Thee labor hoat sweltreth [L. Fervet opus].1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 10 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Were they treated by Church-Zealots with a more Charitable Indifferency or Pity,..they would soon swelter away..to the Church Communion.

b. Said of natural objects.

ΚΠ

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xiv. 177 I behold..the battlements of heav'n Sweltring in Flames.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 197 The very bowels of the world swelter and are molten.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlv. 44 Stagnant pools, which here and there lay idly sweltering by the black road side.

1865 F. Parkman Champlain i, in Pioneers of France in New World 201 It was late in August, and the leafy landscape sweltered in the sun.

c. figurative with reference to the heat of burning desire, or the oppressiveness of a burden.

ΚΠ

1571 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. viii. ii. 219 Better it is to Marrie, then to swelter inwardely with filthy affections.

1620 Swetnam Arrayned (1880) 43 As if they meant to dye for loue, When they but swelter in the reeke of Lust.

1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 303 Shall he lie swelthering under his father's wrath.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 136 He chose rather to swelter under the Weight of the learned Mr. Selden's Authority.

d. To move slowly or painfully (as if) oppressed with heat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] > as if oppressed with heat

swelter1834

1834 M. Scott Cruise of Midge v, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 34/1 The labouring ship sweltered about on the boiling sea.

1884 Manch. Examiner 15 Nov. 5/1 In the height of summer English troops were to swelter through the desert.

a. transitive. To oppress with heat; to cause to sweat, languish, or faint with oppressive heat. Chiefly passive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > warm a person or the body > oppress with heat

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swelter1601

stivea1722

grill1825

1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xlvii. sig. Kk1^v As..painfull, as a body sweltred in a crowde.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 262 Sweltered with the flaming heat of the Sun.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iv. 70 Say not, that the High-priest was sweltred, being built so many stories high in his garments.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 405 We were sweltered in the sun, or blown through with a north-east wind.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 368 I was half sweltered to death, under a great pile o' blankets.

1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 140 The heat that swelters a bear is the delight of a lark.

b. figurative with reference to the heat of strong emotion or desire.

ΚΠ

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 81 Shee stormeth sweltred in anger.

1766 W. Falconer Demagogue 15 He.., swelter'd with revenge.

1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 158 The..stranger, who felt..sufficiently annoyed and sweltered.

†3. intransitive and passive. To be bathed in liquid; hence, to welter, wallow (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of immersing or dipping > immerse or dip [verb (intransitive)]

bathec1200

washa1382

dipa1387

bask1393

swelter1595

laver1607

dap1886

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of immersing or dipping > immerse or dip [verb (intransitive)] > in blood

swelter1595

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about > of persons or animals > wallow

wallowc900

swolderc1200

slabc1315

rolla1398

muddlea1450

welter1530

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topple1542

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swelter1595

sludder1874

1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iii. iv I long to see The trecherous Scithians squeltering in their gore.

1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine ii. vi The slaughtered Troians, squeltring in their blood.

1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. M4^v A soule sweltered in sinnes.

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 73 Acquieting the soules, that newe before Their way to heav'n through their owne blood did skore, But now..Swelter in quiet waues of immortalitie.

a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 35 The Mossie weeds halfe sweltred, served as beds for vermyn h[u]nger stervd.

1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis 153 Swelter'd and swill'd in sweat.

1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. v. 327 The transgressor could as easily regather his money sown upon the Gulf Stream, as gather himself back out of the penal causations in which he is sweltering.

4. transitive with allusion, more or less precise, to Shakespeare's sweltered venom (see sweltered adj. 1): To exude (venom); also absol., and intransitive for passive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (intransitive)] > be emitted > exude

sweatc893

weep1387

oozea1398

evaporate1799

swelter1834

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. x. 163 Burn flame—simmer herb—swelter toad.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers l. 548 A reptile contemporary has recently sweltered forth his black venom in the..attempt [etc.].

1842 F. E. Paget Milford Malvoisin 165 The concentrated venom which was sweltering in her countenance.

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xiv. 234 The fat seemed sweltering and full of poison.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	swelter
释义	sweltern. Etymology: < swelter v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswelter. 1. A sweltering condition. Also in phr. (slang) to do a swelter, to perspire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > condition of being oppressed by heat swelteringc1440 swelter1851 1851 Illustr. London News 23 Aug. 234/3 Perspiring multitudes who stand the swelter with a pluck which would do honour to niggers. 1884 Punch 11 Oct. 180/1 So I let them as liked do a swelter. 2. Equivalent to sweltered venom (see sweltered adj. 1), or confused with welter n.¹ = slough. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > wet place, mire, or slough sloughc900 mooreOE letch1138 mire1219 sougha1300 dew1377 slop?a1400 flashc1440 slothc1440 slonk1488 slot?a1500 rilling1610 slab1610 water-gall1657 slunkc1700 slack1719 mudhole1721 bog-hole1788 spew1794 wetness1805 stabble1821 slob1836 sludge1839 soak1839 mudbath1856 squire-trap1859 loblolly1865 glue-pot1892 swelter1894 poaching1920 1894 S. R. Crockett Mad Sir Uchtred 156 He skimmed the green swelter of the bottomless shaking bogs. 1914 J. K. Graham Anno Domini 138 Knowledge of falsehood dug out of the swelter of the pit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019). swelterv. Brit. /ˈswɛltə/, U.S. /ˈswɛltər/ Forms: Also Middle English sweltre, 1500s squelter; Middle English swalt(e)ryn, sqwalt-, squalt(e)ryn. Etymology: < root of swelt v. + -er suffix⁵. Compare sulter n. Promp. Parv. has a variant derived from the grade swalt- ; compare swelting n., and swaltish adj. 1. a. intransitive. To be oppressed with heat; to sweat profusely, languish, or faint with excessive heat. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > have or get the sensation of heat > suffer oppressive heat sweltc1400 swelterc1403 sulter1581 stive1806 c1403 J. Lydgate Temple Glas 358 Þuruȝ myn axcesse..I sweltre and swete. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 471/1 Sqwalteryn, for hete or oþer cawsys (P. squaltryn or swaltryn), sincopo, exalo. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 481/2 Swalteryn for hete, or febylnesse, or other cawsys (P. or swownyn), exalo, sincopizo. 1575 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1907) I. 123 My seale is sorrowes sythe, within a fielde of flame, Which cuts in twaine a carefull heart, y^t sweltreth in the same. 1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies viii. 9 Oh, let me swelter in those sacred beams. 1624 F. Quarles Sions Sonets i. 5 I was enforc'd to swelter in the Sunne. 1662 C. Trenchfield Christian Chym. 3 Like Physitians who willing to appeare richly clad, swelter in Plush in hot summer. 1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. i. 24 The venerable Counsellor,..that at his great Age continues sweltering at the Bar to plead the doubtful Cause. 1825 W. Scott Let. 31 July (1935) IX. 195 Your kind letter..finds me sweltering under the hottest weather I ever experienced. 1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead xi. 313 A fat offical sweltering in his uniform under the burning sun. figurative.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 13 Thee labor hoat sweltreth [L. Fervet opus].1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 10 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Were they treated by Church-Zealots with a more Charitable Indifferency or Pity,..they would soon swelter away..to the Church Communion. b. Said of natural objects. ΚΠ 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xiv. 177 I behold..the battlements of heav'n Sweltring in Flames. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 197 The very bowels of the world swelter and are molten. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlv. 44 Stagnant pools, which here and there lay idly sweltering by the black road side. 1865 F. Parkman Champlain i, in Pioneers of France in New World 201 It was late in August, and the leafy landscape sweltered in the sun. c. figurative with reference to the heat of burning desire, or the oppressiveness of a burden. ΚΠ 1571 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. viii. ii. 219 Better it is to Marrie, then to swelter inwardely with filthy affections. 1620 Swetnam Arrayned (1880) 43 As if they meant to dye for loue, When they but swelter in the reeke of Lust. 1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 303 Shall he lie swelthering under his father's wrath. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 136 He chose rather to swelter under the Weight of the learned Mr. Selden's Authority. d. To move slowly or painfully (as if) oppressed with heat. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] > as if oppressed with heat swelter1834 1834 M. Scott Cruise of Midge v, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 34/1 The labouring ship sweltered about on the boiling sea. 1884 Manch. Examiner 15 Nov. 5/1 In the height of summer English troops were to swelter through the desert. 2. a. transitive. To oppress with heat; to cause to sweat, languish, or faint with oppressive heat. Chiefly passive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > warm a person or the body > oppress with heat stuffa1387 swelter1601 stivea1722 grill1825 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xlvii. sig. Kk1^v As..painfull, as a body sweltred in a crowde. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 262 Sweltered with the flaming heat of the Sun. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iv. 70 Say not, that the High-priest was sweltred, being built so many stories high in his garments. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 405 We were sweltered in the sun, or blown through with a north-east wind. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 368 I was half sweltered to death, under a great pile o' blankets. 1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 140 The heat that swelters a bear is the delight of a lark. b. figurative with reference to the heat of strong emotion or desire. ΚΠ 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 81 Shee stormeth sweltred in anger. 1766 W. Falconer Demagogue 15 He.., swelter'd with revenge. 1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 158 The..stranger, who felt..sufficiently annoyed and sweltered. †3. intransitive and passive. To be bathed in liquid; hence, to welter, wallow (literal and figurative). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of immersing or dipping > immerse or dip [verb (intransitive)] bathec1200 washa1382 dipa1387 bask1393 swelter1595 laver1607 dap1886 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of immersing or dipping > immerse or dip [verb (intransitive)] > in blood swelter1595 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about > of persons or animals > wallow wallowc900 swolderc1200 slabc1315 rolla1398 muddlea1450 welter1530 swetter1536 topple1542 swelt1575 swelter1595 sludder1874 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iii. iv I long to see The trecherous Scithians squeltering in their gore. 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine ii. vi The slaughtered Troians, squeltring in their blood. 1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. M4^v A soule sweltered in sinnes. 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 73 Acquieting the soules, that newe before Their way to heav'n through their owne blood did skore, But now..Swelter in quiet waues of immortalitie. a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 35 The Mossie weeds halfe sweltred, served as beds for vermyn h[u]nger stervd. 1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis 153 Swelter'd and swill'd in sweat. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. v. 327 The transgressor could as easily regather his money sown upon the Gulf Stream, as gather himself back out of the penal causations in which he is sweltering. 4. transitive with allusion, more or less precise, to Shakespeare's sweltered venom (see sweltered adj. 1): To exude (venom); also absol., and intransitive for passive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (intransitive)] > be emitted > exude sweatc893 weep1387 oozea1398 evaporate1799 swelter1834 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. x. 163 Burn flame—simmer herb—swelter toad. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers l. 548 A reptile contemporary has recently sweltered forth his black venom in the..attempt [etc.]. 1842 F. E. Paget Milford Malvoisin 165 The concentrated venom which was sweltering in her countenance. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xiv. 234 The fat seemed sweltering and full of poison. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1851v.c1403
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