perspire
perspire 英 [pəˈspaɪə(r)] 美 [pərˈspaɪə(r)]
v. 流汗；分泌
进行时:perspiring 过去式:perspired 过去分词:perspired 第三人称单数:perspires 名词复数:perspires
- To perspire is to sweat: to excrete perspiration through the pores in your skin.
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- v. 流汗；分泌
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1. The firs perspire a fine balsam.
冷杉分泌出一种很好的树胶。
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2. I see. Do you perspire more than usual?
懂了。你出汗比平时多吗？
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3. He had been working hard and was perspiring profusely.
他一直在努力干活，身上大汗淋漓的。
- perspire (v.) 1640s, "to evaporate through the pores," a back-formation from perspiration and in part from Latin perspirare "blow or breathe constantly," from per "through" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "through") + spirare "to breathe, blow" (see spirit (n.)). Meaning "to sweat" is a polite usage attested from 1725. Medical men tried to maintain a distinction between "sensible" (sweat) and "insensible" perspiration:
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