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单词 sweltering
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Definition of sweltering in English:

sweltering

adjectiveˈswɛlt(ə)rɪŋˈswɛlt(ə)rɪŋ
  • Uncomfortably hot.

    a sweltering English summer
    the sweltering heat outside
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Still, temperatures in the low 90 s, with sweltering humidity, did produce some grumbling.
    • Indianapolis is a flat track with decent grip, but Ince knew much or that grip would disappear after several laps in sweltering conditions.
    • And it is not just office workers who will be suffering if the sweltering temperatures arrive.
    • Almost overnight, it seems, pavement cafés have sprung up around the city and are the coolest places to be on sweltering afternoons.
    • It's 9: 15 on a sweltering September morning in San Francisco, and Guru.com's tunnel-like office space is coming to life.
    • On a sweltering hot day, May 31, 1982, Pope John Paul II arrived at the racecourse to be welcomed by a sea of pilgrims.
    • The screaming fans couldn't compose themselves even in the sweltering heat.
    • During our sweltering American summer, the average temperature in this northern city hovers around a comfortable 75 degrees.
    • Many urbanites in southern Europe flee their sweltering cities for the mountains or coast in summer.
    • I was stone cold sober, and the room was sweltering.
    • I'm all for dogs enjoying themselves but are we sure that is what they will do on a sweltering sea shore?
    • Men lived and worked with volatile herbicides for ten days straight each fortnight, some over several years, in the sweltering monsoonal climate.
    • The air conditioning was broken, so the cab was sweltering.
    • Legend has it that apprentice salesmen must prove themselves by manning a winter coat stall in the sweltering month of August.
    • Gold miners often have to descend more than 3 kilometres underground to drill ore in sweltering narrow tunnels.
    • The mercury reached a sweltering 107 degrees in Dallas on Sunday.
    • According to reports from Chris, who went out there a few days ago, the weather has ranged from sweltering to incapacitating.
    • As it was, we spent a couple of sweltering hours there and left.
    • A calm air - despite the sweltering Spanish heat - emanated.
    • Working in the train wasn't easy because there was no air conditioning and it was utterly sweltering.

Derivatives

  • swelteringly

  • adverb
    • It gets swelteringly hot here in Paris in my petit kitchen, and it's too darn uncomfortable if I wear too much.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Given the extreme heat during most of the year, these homes are often swelteringly hot.
 
 

Definition of sweltering in US English:

sweltering

adjectiveˈswelt(ə)riNGˈswɛlt(ə)rɪŋ
  • Uncomfortably hot.

    the sweltering afternoon heat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • According to reports from Chris, who went out there a few days ago, the weather has ranged from sweltering to incapacitating.
    • It's 9: 15 on a sweltering September morning in San Francisco, and Guru.com's tunnel-like office space is coming to life.
    • I'm all for dogs enjoying themselves but are we sure that is what they will do on a sweltering sea shore?
    • Almost overnight, it seems, pavement cafés have sprung up around the city and are the coolest places to be on sweltering afternoons.
    • Still, temperatures in the low 90 s, with sweltering humidity, did produce some grumbling.
    • The air conditioning was broken, so the cab was sweltering.
    • And it is not just office workers who will be suffering if the sweltering temperatures arrive.
    • The mercury reached a sweltering 107 degrees in Dallas on Sunday.
    • As it was, we spent a couple of sweltering hours there and left.
    • On a sweltering hot day, May 31, 1982, Pope John Paul II arrived at the racecourse to be welcomed by a sea of pilgrims.
    • Many urbanites in southern Europe flee their sweltering cities for the mountains or coast in summer.
    • I was stone cold sober, and the room was sweltering.
    • Working in the train wasn't easy because there was no air conditioning and it was utterly sweltering.
    • A calm air - despite the sweltering Spanish heat - emanated.
    • During our sweltering American summer, the average temperature in this northern city hovers around a comfortable 75 degrees.
    • Legend has it that apprentice salesmen must prove themselves by manning a winter coat stall in the sweltering month of August.
    • Indianapolis is a flat track with decent grip, but Ince knew much or that grip would disappear after several laps in sweltering conditions.
    • The screaming fans couldn't compose themselves even in the sweltering heat.
    • Gold miners often have to descend more than 3 kilometres underground to drill ore in sweltering narrow tunnels.
    • Men lived and worked with volatile herbicides for ten days straight each fortnight, some over several years, in the sweltering monsoonal climate.
 
 
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