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. 经过一上午的彩排，舞蹈演员们都大汗淋漓。

  • By the time we'd climbed to the top of the hill, we were covered in sweat. 爬到山顶的时候，我们已经浑身是汗了。

  • She wiped the beads (= drops) of sweat from her forehead. 她擦了擦额头上的汗珠。

  • figurative The cathedral was built by human toil and sweat (= effort). 这座大教堂凝聚着人们的血汗。

• 1 a loose top and trousers, worn either by people who are training for a sport or exercising, or as informal clothing -- （运动时或非正式场合穿的）田径服，运动服

• 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. 我们到达的黎波里时天气太热了，我们一下飞机就开始出汗了。

  • The prisoners were sweating with fear. 囚犯们吓得直冒汗。

  • informal I was so afraid, I was sweating like a pig (= sweating a lot). 我害怕极了，浑身冒汗。

  • The walls in older houses sometimes sweat with damp. 老房子的墙壁有时候会因为受潮而渗出水珠。

• 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. 志愿者们为了这场舞会辛辛苦苦地打扫场地。