单词 | sweated |
释义 | sweatedadj. In senses corresponding to various transitive senses of the verb. 1. a. Saturated or covered with sweat. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > perspirations > [adjective] > covered or damp with sweat swotyc893 besweatc1275 forswatc1325 wetc1400 all on a watera1438 foaming1590 sweaty1590 sweated1654 deliquescent1815 perspiry1860 sticky1884 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. iii. 81 Sancho should have rode him about the grounds,..and then tied him (well cloath'd) to the Racks, and some three or foure houres after, refreshed his sweated body with a mesh. b. Exuded as or like sweat. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting by exudation > emitted by exudation sweltered venoma1616 sweateda1711 a1711 T. Ken Psyche i, in Wks. (1721) IV. 181 Bath'd in a Purple Flood Of sweated Blood. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 July 8/2 Sometimes the cordite ‘sweats’,..we put it in a warm place for a time, when the sweated substance is absorbed. 2. Employed in very hard or excessive work at very low wages; oppressively overworked and underpaid; also said of the labour so imposed or exacted. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [adjective] > other types of work gentlea1425 rurala1500 jobbing1705 universal1706 non-paying1843 sweated1883 unfair1886 direct1922 entry-level1949 sidebar1952 front end1976 intrapreneurial1978 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > overworked or underpaid sweated1883 1883 Nonconformist & Independent 28 Dec. 1177/1 [In the outfitting trade] the sweaters themselves are only just one remove above the sweated. 1889 S. Webb in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 880 A low type of ‘sweated’ and overworked labour is employed at starvation wages. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 2 May 2/3 The state of things described by Kingsley still remains in the lower strata of these sweated industries. 3. Of gold coins: Lightened by friction or attrition. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > mutilating coin > [adjective] rounged1532 minished1590 sheared1616 detrited1697 washed1711 clipped1719 sweated1869 1869 Latest News 29 Aug. 8 To get rid of more than 2,000 ‘sweated’ sovereigns per week without exciting an inconvenient amount of attention. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1654 |
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