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单词 swelter
释义
swelterswel‧ter /ˈsweltə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINswelter
Origin:
1400-1500 swelt ‘to die, become unconscious because of heat’ (11-20 centuries), from Old English sweltan ‘to die’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
swelter
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyswelter
he, she, itswelters
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theysweltered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave sweltered
he, she, ithas sweltered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad sweltered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill swelter
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have sweltered
Continuous Form
PresentIam sweltering
he, she, itis sweltering
you, we, theyare sweltering
PastI, he, she, itwas sweltering
you, we, theywere sweltering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been sweltering
he, she, ithas been sweltering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been sweltering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be sweltering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been sweltering
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Farm workers sweltered in the fields.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Despite sweltering in the luxury of a fire blazing full on, she received a series of credits on her budget account.
  • Monica was sweltering despite the fan revolving on her desk.
  • Or sweltering in taxis waiting to take the pilgrims to a restaurant.
  • The hut was sweltering with smoke and steam and everybody scratched as vermin crept and bit under their clothes.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=extreme heat)· The desert is a place of scorching heat by day and bitter cold by night.
(=used about weather that is very hot and uncomfortable) The office gets unbearably hot in summer.
 to feel extremely hot and uncomfortable:  Crowds of shoppers sweltered in the summer heat.
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