swelter

大学

vi. 闷热, 被暑气所苦, 汗流浃背 vt. 使闷热, 使热得出汗 n. 闷热

发音

UK /ˈswɛl.tə/
US /ˈswɛl.tɚ/
AU

词形变化

swelters 复数 swelters sweltered sweltering swelters 三单 sweltering 现在分词 sweltered 过去式 sweltered 过去分词

别名

sulter

教材释义与例句

名词

闷热；热得难受

动词

使闷热；使中暑

动词

被暑气所苦；热得难受

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Intense heat.

    The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.

v.
  1. 1.

    To suffer terribly from intense heat.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To perspire greatly from heat.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

上位词 6

hurt suffer sweat ache perspire sudate

词源

From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix).

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