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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

sweat [swεt]
  1. 1. noun [u] 汗水
  2. 2. vi. 出汗
    to be in a (cold) sweat
    [lit] 出了一身冷)汗
  3. 3. vi. [fig] 得出一身冷)汗

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

sweat [swεt] [swet]
  1. 1. vi. 出汗,流汗
  2. 2. vi. 成熟干酪等)冒出水汽
  3. 3. vi. 玻璃表面)结上水珠
  4. 4. vi. 烟叶等)发酵
  5. 5. vi. 渗出流出
  6. 6. vi. 辛苦工作得出汗)
  7. 7. vi. [verbal] 焦虑不安
  8. 8. vt. 冒出水汽
  9. 9. vt. 使(水汽凝结
  10. 10. vt. 使出汗(或流汗)
  11. 11. vt. 使冒出水汽,尤指:使(烟叶发酵
  12. 12. vt. 使汗湿
  13. 13. vt. 热析(金属
  14. 14. vt. 熔化焊料
  15. 15. vt. 熔焊金属制件
  16. 16. vt. 擦损(硬币)以盗取金银粉末
  17. 17. vt. 使工作过度,使累得出
  18. 18. vt. 榨取劳动者的)血汗
  19. 19. vt. [American English] [verbal] 拷问逼供
  20. 20. vt. [slang] 辛苦地制出(或达到
  21. 21. vt. [verbal] 为(某事)担心(或忧虑
  22. 22. noun 汗,汗水
  23. 23. noun 物体表面的)湿汽,水珠
  24. 24. noun 出汗状态
  25. 25. noun 人工发汗
  26. 26. noun 焦虑不安
  27. 27. noun 吃力工作苦差
  28. 28. noun (竞赛马的)赛前慢跑准备运动
  29. 29. "vt,vi." [slang] 等待结果的时候焦急
  30. 30. noun [slang] 麻烦烦扰参见no sweat)

Collins English-English Dictionary

sweat [swεt]
  1. 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
  2. 2. n the act or process of secreting this fluid
  3. 3. n the act of inducing the exudation of moisture
  4. 4. n drops of moisture given forth or gathered on the surface of something
  5. 5. n [informal] a state or condition of worry or eagerness (esp in the phrase in a sweat)
  6. 6. n [slang] drudgery or hard labour
    mowing lawns is a real sweat!
  7. 7. n [chiefly US] an exercise gallop given to a horse, esp on the day of a race
  8. 8. n [slang] [chiefly Brit] a soldier, esp one who is old and experienced
  9. 9. vb to secrete (sweat) through the pores of the skin, esp profusely
  10. 10. vt. [tr] to make wet or stain with sweat
  11. 11. vt. to give forth or cause to give forth (moisture) in droplets
    a sweating cheese
    the maple sweats sap
  12. 12. vi. [intr] to collect and condense moisture on an outer surface
    a glass of beer sweating in the sun
  13. 13. vi. [intr] (of a liquid) to pass through a porous surface in droplets
  14. 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
  15. 15. vt. [tr] to heat (food, esp vegetables) slowly in butter in a tightly closed saucepan
  16. 16. vt. [tr] to join (pieces of metal) by pressing together and heating
  17. 17. vt. [tr] to heat (solder) until it melts
  18. 18. vt. [tr] to heat (a partially fused metal) to extract an easily fusible constituent
  19. 19. vt. to shake together (coins, esp gold coins) so as to remove particles for illegal use
  20. 20. vt. [informal] to suffer anxiety, impatience, or distress
  21. 21. vt. [informal] to overwork or be overworked
  22. 22. vt. [tr] [informal] to employ at very low wages and under bad conditions
  23. 23. vt. [tr] [informal] to extort, esp by torture
    to sweat information out of a captive
  24. 24. vi. [intr] [informal] to suffer punishment
    you'll sweat for this!
  25. 25. vi. See also sweat off sweat out - See also hidrosis
  26. 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

Sweat bathed his brow.
汗水沾湿了他的眉毛。 bathe
beads of sweat
汗珠 bead
Sweat stood on his brow.
他眉毛上凝着汗珠。 stand
to break out in spots/a rash/a sweat
突然出了一身红点/疹子/汗 break out
tears/sweat poured down his face
眼泪/汗水顺着他的面颊流了下来 pour
to be in a (cold) sweat
[lit] 出了一身(冷)汗 sweat
a bead of sweat bead
mowing lawns is a real sweat! sweat
to sweat information out of a captive sweat
you'll sweat for this! sweat

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We should get what we want by the sweat of one's brow.


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2007.06.12 0 2 Good 0 / Bad 0

The poor girl sweats away at the hard task.


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