swelter
swelter
verb
swelteringly
adverb
语源
verb
- [no obj.](of a person or the atmosphere at a particular time or place) be uncomfortably hot
（人或空气在特定时间或地点）热得难受
Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform.
巴尼穿着守门人的制服热得喘不过气来。
[as adj. sweltering]a sweltering English summer.
一个热得难受的英国夏天。
- [in sing.]an uncomfortably hot atmosphere
闷热的天气
the swelter of the afternoon had cooled.
闷热的下午已经凉爽下来了。
swelteringly
adverb
语源
- Middle English: from the base of dialect swelt 'perish', of Germanic origin
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