sweat
Từ điển Collocation
sweat noun
ADJ. heavy | fine, light | clammy My shirt stuck to the clammy sweat on my back. | cold | stale The room smelled of stale sweat. | good We worked up a good sweat carrying the boxes outside.
QUANT. bead, drop, trickle
VERB + SWEAT break into, break out in/into She broke out in a cold sweat when she saw the spider. | work up | wake (up) in | bring sb out in | be bathed/covered/drenched/soaked in, be beaded/streaming with, be dripping (with), be slippery/wet with, glisten with The workmen were streaming with sweat. His forehead was dripping sweat. | mop, wipe He mopped the sweat from his brow.
SWEAT + VERB appear, break out His hands trembled and sweat broke out all over his body. | glisten, stand out sweat glistening on her forehead Sweat stood out on his shoulders. | bead sth, drip/pour/run from/into/off sth, run/trickle down sth Sweat beaded her face. Sweat was running down his back. | soak sth
SWEAT + NOUN gland
PREP. in a ~ She woke up in a cold sweat.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; perspiration, sudor
sweat poured off his brow
- agitation resulting from active worry; fret, stew, lather, swither
don't get in a stew
he's in a sweat about exams
- condensation of moisture on a cold surface
the cold glasses were streaked with sweat
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work; effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail
he got an A for effort
they managed only with great exertion
v.
- excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; sudate, perspire
Exercise makes one sweat
English Slang Dictionary
1. to over-patronize
2. to worry, as in "don't sweat it"
3. to harrass or scrutinize
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
sweats|sweated|sweating
syn.: effort elbow grease exertion fret lather perspiration perspire stew sudate sudor swither travail