sweal

[方]烧光, 烧焦,蜡烛融化, 淌蜡

发音

UK /swiːl/
其它

词形变化

swealed swealing sweals 三单 sweals swealing 现在分词 swealed 过去式 swealed 过去分词

别名

swale

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To burn slowly.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To consume with fire; burn.

    方言 及物
  5. 5.

    To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.

    方言 及物

词源

From Middle English swelen, from Old English swelan (“to burn, be burnt up, inflame”) (compare Old English swǣlan (“to burn”)), from Proto-West Germanic *swelan, from Proto-Germanic *swelaną (“to smoulder, burn slowly, create a burningly cold sensation”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”). Cognate with Dutch zwelen (“to smoulder”), Low German swelen (“to smoulder”), German schwelen (“to smoulder”), Icelandic svala (“to cool”). Related to swelter.

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