English主要词典
sweat
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
liquid on skin
1 [U] drops of liquid that appear on the surface of your skin when you are hot, ill/sick or afraid
SYNPERSPIRATION:
beads of sweat * She wiped the sweat from her face. * By the end of the match, the sweat was pouring off him. * Their bodies were soaked in sweat.
seealsoSWEATY
2 [usuallysing.] the state of being covered with sweat:
I woke up in a sweat. * She completed the routine without even working up a sweat. * He breaks out in a sweat just at the thought of flying. * He started having night sweats.
seealsoCOLDSWEAT
hard work
3 [U] hard work or effort: (informal) Growing your own vegetables sounds like a lot of sweat. * (literary) She achieved success by the sweat of her brow (= by working very hard).
clothes
4 (sweats) [pl.] (informal, especially AmE) a SWEATSUIT or SWEATPANTS:
I hung around the house all day in my sweats.
IDIOMS
be / get in a sweat (about sth) to be/become anxious or frightened about sth
no sweat (spoken) used to tell sb that sth is not difficult or a problem when they thank you or ask you to do sth:
'Thanks for everything.' 'Hey, no sweat!'
moreatBLOODn.
verb
produce liquid on skin / surface
1 when you sweat, drops of liquid appear on the surface of your skin, for example when you are hot, ill/sick or afraid
SYNPERSPIRE:
[V] to sweat heavily * The palms of his hands began to sweat. * [VN] He was sweating buckets (= a lot).
2 [V] if sth sweats, the liquid that is contained in it appears on its surface:
The cheese was beginning to sweat. * The walls will continue to sweat until the plaster is completely dry.
work hard
3 [V] ~ (over sth) to work hard at sth:
Are you still sweating over that report?
worry
4 [V] (informal) to worry or feel anxious about sth:
They really made me sweat during the interview. * Even though she'd made her decision, she let them sweat for another week.
heat food
5 [VN, V] (BrE) if you sweat meat or vegetables or let them sweat, you heat them slowly with a little fat in a pan that is covered with a lid
IDIOMS
sweat blood (informal) to work very hard:
I sweated blood to get everything ready in time.
don't sweat it (AmE, spoken) used to tell sb to stop worrying about sth:
'I'm sure he'll find out.' 'Don't sweat it-no one's going to tell him.'
don't sweat the small stuff (AmE, spoken) used to tell sb not to worry about small details or unimportant things
moreatGUTn.
PHRASALVERBS
sweat sth<->off to lose weight by doing a lot of hard exercise to make yourself sweat
sweat it out (informal) to be waiting for sth difficult or unpleasant to end, and be feeling anxious about it:
It's just a case of sweating it out until the results are announced.