swelter
英 ['swelt?]
美
- n. 悶熱；熱得難受
- vi. 被暑氣所苦；熱得難受
- vt. 使悶熱；使中暑
助記提示
1. sweater => swelter.
2. 穿的毛線衫、汗衫太多導致很悶熱、導致熱得難受。或者說人發汗太多、流汗太多是因為很悶熱、熱得很難受。
3. 諧音“濕外套兒”。
中文詞源
swelter 熱得難受，悶熱，昏倒最終來自 PIE*swel,照耀，照射，詞源同 Selene,sultry.-er,表反復。引申詞義熱得難受，悶熱， 昏倒等。
英文詞源
- swelter (v.)
- c. 1400, "faint with heat," frequentative of swelten "be faint (especially with heat)," late 14c., from Old English sweltan "to die, perish," from Proto-Germanic *swiltan- (cognates: Old Saxon sweltan "to die," Old Norse svelta "to put to death, starve," Gothic sviltan "to die"), perhaps originally "to burn slowly," hence "to be overcome with heat or fever," from PIE root *swel- (2) "to shine, beam" (see Selene). From the same ancient root comes Old English swelan "to burn." For specialization of words meaning "to die," compare starve. Related: Sweltered; sweltering.
- swelter (n.)
- "a sweltering condition," 1851, from swelter (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. He often work in a swelter.
- 他經常在酷熱下工作.
來自辭典例句
- 2. I do not want to swelter through another hot and humid summer.
- 我可不想再汗流夾背地度過另外一個潮濕悶熱的夏天了.
來自互聯網
- 3. You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind.
- 南風使地寂靜,你的衣服就如火熱,你知道嗎?
來自互聯網