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swelter

美音:[´sweltə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vi.闷热,被暑气所苦,汗流夹背 vt.使闷热,使中暑 n.闷热,过度紧张

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swelter为短语/超纲词汇

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动词过去式:sweltered 过去分词:sweltered 现在分词:sweltering 第三人称单数:swelters

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be hot  glow  flush  swelter  boil  burn  blister  broil  blaze  flame  smolder  heat    

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perspire  roast  sweat    

swelter


/'sweltə(r); `swɛltɚ/
v [I] (infml 口) be uncomfortably hot; suffer from the heat 热得难受:lie sweltering on a beach 躺在海滩上热得难受
* a sweltering(-hot) day, summer, climate, room 闷热的一天、夏天、气候、房间
* We were sweltering in our winter clothes. 我们穿着冬衣热得够呛.

swelter


v [I]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: swelt 'to die, become unconscious because of heat' (11-20 centuries), from Old English sweltan 'to die']
to feel extremely hot and uncomfortable
 Crowds of shoppers sweltered in the summer heat.