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词汇 perspire
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Definition of perspire in English:

perspire

verb pəˈspʌɪəpərˈspaɪ(ə)r
[no object]
  • Give out sweat through the pores of the skin as a result of heat, physical exertion, or stress.

    出汗

    Will was perspiring heavily

    威尔大汗淋漓。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You become awkward, you start perspiring, you start trembling, you forget everything.
    • What else can you suggest for a female in her 20's who perspires heavily?
    • Greater surface area provides more exposed skin to perspire and cool the body through evaporation, he says.
    • She was so pale and perspired as though she had a fever.
    • He first started feeling unwell about 10 minutes into the broadcast and began to perspire very heavily.
    • I flushed and shook her hand gingerly, hoping I wasn't perspiring too heavily.
    • He was perspiring from the heat generated in the room.
    • It is of no great significance whether he sweats or perspires.
    • He was perspiring heavily from the effort, as I was.
    • At the moment, however, the mayor is perspiring.
    • I was perspiring so much my family called an ambulance and they told me I was having a heart attack.
    • A wave of heat rushed over Jonas and he began to perspire.
    • When a beam of sunlight broke through the thick canopy of trees, it was clear that the stranger was perspiring heavily.
    • His brow was sweaty and he was perspiring heavily.
    • For years I have perspired heavily in my armpits.
    • The young judge who presided over the proceedings had difficulty controlling the subject of his attention, and spent most of the time perspiring.
    • Nearby spectators perspire profusely because of the intensity of the radiated heat.
    • The air was burning and they all were perspiring heavily.
    • At this point I noticed he was perspiring heavily and sweat was dripping from his bushy grey eyebrows onto the keyboard.
    • Sunscreen gels are best for work or physical activities where you will be perspiring.
    Synonyms
    sweat, be dripping/pouring with sweat, glow, be damp, be wet, break out in a sweat
    informal be in a muck sweat
    rare sudate

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French perspirer, from Latin perspirare, from per- 'through' + spirare 'breathe'.

  • spirit from Middle English:

    Our word spirit is based on Latin spiritus ‘breath or spirit’, from spirare ‘to breathe’—the ancient Romans believed that the human soul had been ‘breathed’ into the body—the image is the same as ‘the breath of life’. The sense ‘strong distilled alcoholic drink’ comes from the use in alchemy of spirit to mean ‘a liquid essence extracted from some substance’. People sometimes say the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak when they have good intentions but yield to temptation and fail to live up to them. The source is the New Testament, where Jesus uses the phrase after finding his disciples asleep in the Garden of Gethsemane despite telling them that they should stay awake. Spirare forms the basis of numerous English words including aspire (mid 16th century) from adspirare ‘to breath upon, seek to reach’; conspire (Late Middle English) from conspirare ‘to breath together, agree’; expire (late 16th century) ‘to breath out’; inspire (Late Middle English) ‘breath into’ from the idea that a divine or outside power has inspired you; and perspire (mid 17th century) ‘to breath through’; and transpire (Late Middle English) ‘breath across. In English spirit was shortened to sprite (Middle English) which in turn developed sprightly (late 16th century).

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of perspire in US English:

perspire

verbpərˈspaɪ(ə)rpərˈspī(ə)r
[no object]
  • Give out sweat through the pores of the skin as a result of heat, physical exertion, or stress.

    出汗

    Will was perspiring heavily

    威尔大汗淋漓。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was so pale and perspired as though she had a fever.
    • He was perspiring heavily from the effort, as I was.
    • His brow was sweaty and he was perspiring heavily.
    • Sunscreen gels are best for work or physical activities where you will be perspiring.
    • At this point I noticed he was perspiring heavily and sweat was dripping from his bushy grey eyebrows onto the keyboard.
    • He was perspiring from the heat generated in the room.
    • He first started feeling unwell about 10 minutes into the broadcast and began to perspire very heavily.
    • Greater surface area provides more exposed skin to perspire and cool the body through evaporation, he says.
    • It is of no great significance whether he sweats or perspires.
    • Nearby spectators perspire profusely because of the intensity of the radiated heat.
    • What else can you suggest for a female in her 20's who perspires heavily?
    • I was perspiring so much my family called an ambulance and they told me I was having a heart attack.
    • The air was burning and they all were perspiring heavily.
    • A wave of heat rushed over Jonas and he began to perspire.
    • When a beam of sunlight broke through the thick canopy of trees, it was clear that the stranger was perspiring heavily.
    • For years I have perspired heavily in my armpits.
    • You become awkward, you start perspiring, you start trembling, you forget everything.
    • At the moment, however, the mayor is perspiring.
    • I flushed and shook her hand gingerly, hoping I wasn't perspiring too heavily.
    • The young judge who presided over the proceedings had difficulty controlling the subject of his attention, and spent most of the time perspiring.
    Synonyms
    sweat, be dripping with sweat, be pouring with sweat, glow, be damp, be wet, break out in a sweat

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French perspirer, from Latin perspirare, from per- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’.

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