sweat hole

短语

词形变化

sweat holes 复数

别名

sweat-hole swete-holle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An opening in the skin through which sweat is excreted; pore.

    古体 罕用
  2. 1.

    A large hole in the ground, heated with a fire, into which a sick person is brought wrapped in blankets (once the fire is removed), with a jug of water for making steam, the whole covered by an awning to hold the steam in; an underground sweat lodge.

  3. 2.

    An uncomfortably hot, enclosed, space.

词源

From Middle English swet hole, a partial calque of Old English swātþyrl (“pore”, literally “sweat-hole”). Cognate with German Schweißloch (“pore, sweat hole”), Danish swedehul (“pore”), Icelandic svitahola (“pore”).

来源：wiktionary