sweat是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the clear, salty liquid that you pass through your skin -- 汗，汗水

  • The dancers were dripping with/pouring with sweat after a morning's rehearsal. 經過整個上午的彩排，舞蹈演員們都大汗淋漓。

  • By the time we'd climbed to the top of the hill, we were covered in sweat. 爬到山頂的時候，我們渾身是汗。

  • She wiped the beads (= drops) of sweat from her forehead. 她擦了擦額頭上的汗珠。

  • figurative The cathedral was built by human toil and sweat (= effort). 這座大教堂是匯聚人們的血汗建成的。

• 1 a loose top and trousers, worn either by people who are training for a sport or exercising, or as informal clothing -- （運動時或非正式場合穿的）田徑服，運動服

• 2 to pass sweat through the skin because you are hot, ill, or frightened -- 流汗，出汗，冒汗

  • It was so hot when we arrived in Tripoli that we started to sweat as soon as we got off the plane. 我們到達的黎波里時天氣太熱，我們一下飛機就開始出汗。

  • The prisoners were sweating with fear. 囚犯們嚇得直冒汗。

  • informal I was so afraid, I was sweating like a pig (= sweating a lot). 我害怕極了，渾身冒汗。

  • The walls in older houses sometimes sweat with damp. 老房子的牆壁有時候會因為潮濕而滲出水。

• 3 to work very hard to achieve something -- 努力工作（以取得成就）

  • Volunteers sweated to get the room ready for the dance. 義工們為了這場舞會辛辛苦苦地打掃場地。