| 单词 | sweat |
| 释义 | sweat (swet ) Word forms: sweats , sweating , sweated 1. uncountable noun B2 Sweat is the salty colourless liquid which comes through your skin when you are hot, ill, or afraid. Both horse and rider were dripping with sweat within five minutes. He wiped the sweat off his face and looked around. Her sweat-stained clothing clung to her body. Synonyms: perspiration, moisture, dampness, exudation 2. verb B2 When you sweat, sweat comes through your skin. Already they were sweating as the sun beat down upon them. [VERB] Synonyms: perspire, swelter, sweat like a pig [informal], sweat buckets [informal] sweating uncountable noun B2 ...symptoms such as sweating, irritability, anxiety and depression. 3. countable noun If someone is in a sweat, they are sweating a lot. Every morning I would break out in a sweat. Cool down very gradually after working up a sweat. I really don't feel a bit sick, no night sweats, no fevers. 4. plural noun Sweats are the same as a sweatsuit or , sweatpants. [US, informal] 5. in a cold sweat/in a sweat phrase [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If someone is in a cold sweat or in a sweat, they feel frightened or embarrassed. The very thought brought me out in a cold sweat. 6. sweat it out phrase [VERB inflects] If someone sweats it out, they remain in a difficult situation until it improves or ends, because they cannot do anything about it. We know it is going to be tough and we're prepared to sweat it out. 7. no sweat convention If a person says no sweat when you ask them about something or ask them to do something, they mean that it is not a problem or that it can be done quickly or easily. [informal] 'Many thanks.'—'No sweat. Anything else?'. Synonyms: no problem [informal], it's nothing, you're welcome, it's a pleasure 8. blood, sweat, and tears phrase If you refer to something as involving blood, sweat, and tears, you mean that it is a very hard thing to do and requires a lot of effort. Why do apparently sane people go through all the blood, sweat, tears and heartache involved in getting a PhD? 9. to sweat blood phrase If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it. [emphasis] I had to sweat blood for an M.A. Idioms: sweat blood to work very hard to achieve something I sweat blood to write songs with tunes that you can remember. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sweat like a pig [informal] to be very hot and to sweat a lot The two officers standing just out of camera shot were sweating like pigs in the studio lights. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers do something by the sweat of your brow [literary] to do something through hard physical work, without any help from anyone else Most people are no longer earning their bread by the sweat of their brow. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in a cold sweat very frightened, anxious, or embarrassed It was a terrifying experience, a nightmare. I still come out in a cold sweat thinking about it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: wipe sweat Wipe sweat out of eyes. Times, Sunday Times These are usually used to wipe sweat from the forehead during sport, or as a badge or fashion statement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He wiped sweat from his forehead with both arms and assumed a submissive position with his arms crossed on the table and his head sunken into his shoulders. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 汗水, 出汗 Japanese: 汗, 汗をかく |
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