perspire
verb /pəˈspaɪə(r)/
/pərˈspaɪər/
[intransitive] (formal)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they perspire | /pəˈspaɪə(r)/ /pərˈspaɪər/ |
he / she / it perspires | /pəˈspaɪəz/ /pərˈspaɪərz/ |
past simple perspired | /pəˈspaɪəd/ /pərˈspaɪərd/ |
past participle perspired | /pəˈspaɪəd/ /pərˈspaɪərd/ |
-ing form perspiring | /pəˈspaɪərɪŋ/ /pərˈspaɪərɪŋ/ |
- to produce sweat on your body
synonym sweat出汗;排汗;发汗 - The game of squash left me perspiring profusely.
壁球比赛让我大汗淋漓。 - He mopped his perspiring face with a handkerchief.
他用手帕擦去脸上的汗水。 - She was perspiring a little with the heat.
她热得微微出了点儿汗。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- profusely
- freely
- …
- with
词源mid 17th cent.: from French perspirer, from Latin perspirare, from per- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’. - The game of squash left me perspiring profusely.