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单词 swelter
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
swel•ter /ˈswɛltɚ/USA pronunciation   v. [no object]
  1. to suffer from too much heat:We sweltered throughout the summer.

n. [countable]
  1. a sweltering condition.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
swel•ter  (swel′tər),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to suffer from oppressive heat.

v.t. 
  1. to oppress with heat.
  2. [Archaic.]to exude, as venom.

n. 
  1. a sweltering condition.
  • 1375–1425; late Middle English swelt(e)ren (verb, verbal), equivalent. to swelt(en) to be overcome with heat (Old English sweltan to die; cognate with Old Norse svelta, Gothic swiltan) + -eren -er6

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
swelter /ˈswɛltə/ vb
  1. (intransitive) to suffer under oppressive heat, esp to sweat and feel faint
  2. (transitive) rare to cause to suffer under oppressive heat
 n
  1. a sweltering condition (esp in the phrase in a swelter)
  2. oppressive humid heat
Etymology: 15th Century swelten, from Old English sweltan to die; related to Old Norse svelta to starve, Old High German swelzan to burn with passion; see sultry
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