解释
- n. 闷热；热得难受
- vi. 被暑气所苦；热得难受
- vt. 使闷热；使中暑
※ 提供单词"swelter"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
swelter 热得难受，闷热，昏倒
最终来自 PIE*swel,照耀，照射，词源同 Selene,sultry.-er,表反复。引申词义热得难受，闷热， 昏倒等。
英文词源
- 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.).
例句和用法
- 1. He often work in a swelter.
- 他经常在酷热下工作.
- 2. I do not want to swelter through another hot and humid summer.
- 我可不想再汗流夹背地度过另外一个潮湿闷热的夏天了.
- 3. You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind.
- 南风使地寂静,你的衣服就如火热,你知道吗?
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