| 单词 | sweat |
| 释义 | sweat n. & v. --n 1. moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, esp. from heat or nervousness. 2. a state or period of sweating. 3. colloq. a state of anxiety (was in a sweat about it). 4. colloq. a drudgery, effort. b a laborious task or undertaking. 5. condensed moisture on a surface. --v (past and past part. sweated or US sweat) 1. intr. exude sweat; perspire. 2. intr. be terrified, suffering, etc. 3. intr. (of a wall etc.) exhibit surface moisture. 4. intr. drudge, toil. 5. tr. heat (meat or vegetables) slowly in fat or water to extract the juices. 6. tr. emit (blood, gum, etc.) like sweat. 7. tr. make (a horse, athlete, etc.) sweat by exercise. 8. tr. a cause to drudge or toil. b (as sweated adj.) (of goods, workers, or labour) produced by or subjected to long hours under poor conditions. 9. tr. subject (hides or tobacco) to fermentation in manufacturing. Phrases and idioms by the sweat of one's brow by one's own hard work. no sweat colloq. there is no need to worry. sweat-band a band of absorbent material inside a hat or round a wrist etc. to soak up sweat. sweat blood colloq. 1. work strenuously. 2. be extremely anxious. sweat gland Anat. a spiral tubular gland below the skin secreting sweat. sweating-sickness an epidemic fever with sweating prevalent in England in the 15th-16th c. sweat it out colloq. endure a difficult experience to the end. Etymology: ME swet(e), alt. (after swete v. f. OE sw{aelig}tan OHG sweizzen roast) of swote f. OE swat f. Gmc |
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