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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- sweat
[swεt]
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1.
noun
[u]
汗水
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2.
vi.
出汗
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to be in a (cold) sweat
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[lit] 出了一身(冷)汗
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3.
vi.
[fig]
吓得出了一身(冷)汗
Collins English-English Dictionary
- sweat
[swεt]
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1.
n
the secretion from the sweat glands, esp when profuse and visible, as during strenuous activity, from excessive heat, etc; commonly also called perspiration
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2.
n
the act or process of secreting this fluid
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3.
n
the act of inducing the exudation of moisture
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4.
n
drops of moisture given forth or gathered on the surface of something
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5.
n
[informal]
a state or condition of worry or eagerness (esp in the phrase in a sweat)
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6.
n
[slang]
drudgery or hard labour
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mowing lawns is a real sweat!
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7.
n
[chiefly US]
an exercise gallop given to a horse, esp on the day of a race
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8.
n
[slang]
[chiefly Brit]
a soldier, esp one who is old and experienced
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9.
vb
to secrete (sweat) through the pores of the skin, esp profusely
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10.
vt.
[tr]
to make wet or stain with sweat
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11.
vt.
to give forth or cause to give forth (moisture) in droplets
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a sweating cheese
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the maple sweats sap
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12.
vi.
[intr]
to collect and condense moisture on an outer surface
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a glass of beer sweating in the sun
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13.
vi.
[intr]
(of a liquid) to pass through a porous surface in droplets
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14.
vi.
(of tobacco leaves, cut and dried hay, etc) to exude moisture and, sometimes, begin to ferment or to cause (tobacco leaves, etc) to exude moisture
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15.
vt.
[tr]
to heat (food, esp vegetables) slowly in butter in a tightly closed saucepan
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16.
vt.
[tr]
to join (pieces of metal) by pressing together and heating
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17.
vt.
[tr]
to heat (solder) until it melts
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18.
vt.
[tr]
to heat (a partially fused metal) to extract an easily fusible constituent
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19.
vt.
to shake together (coins, esp gold coins) so as to remove particles for illegal use
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20.
vt.
[informal]
to suffer anxiety, impatience, or distress
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21.
vt.
[informal]
to overwork or be overworked
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22.
vt.
[tr]
[informal]
to employ at very low wages and under bad conditions
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23.
vt.
[tr]
[informal]
to extort, esp by torture
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to sweat information out of a captive
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24.
vi.
[intr]
[informal]
to suffer punishment
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you'll sweat for this!
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25.
vi.
See also sweat off sweat out - See also hidrosis
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26.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English swætan to sweat, from swat sweat; related to Old Saxon swet, Old Norse sveiti, Old High German sweiz, Latin sudor, Sanskrit svedas
Examples
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Sweat bathed his brow.
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汗水沾湿了他的眉毛。
→ bathe
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beads of sweat
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汗珠
→ bead
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Sweat stood on his brow.
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他眉毛上凝着汗珠。
→ stand
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to break out in spots/a rash/a sweat
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突然出了一身红点/疹子/汗
→ break out
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tears/sweat poured down his face
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眼泪/汗水顺着他的面颊流了下来
→ pour
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to be in a (cold) sweat
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[lit] 出了一身(冷)汗
→ sweat
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a bead of sweat
→ bead
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mowing lawns is a real sweat!
→ sweat
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to sweat information out of a captive
→ sweat
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you'll sweat for this!
→ sweat
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