亚洲网紅露点

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swelter

[ swel-ter ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to suffer from oppressive heat.


verb (used with object)

  1. to oppress with heat.
  2. Archaic. to exude, as venom.

noun

  1. a sweltering condition.

swelter

/ 藞蝉飞蓻濒迟蓹 /

verb

  1. intr to suffer under oppressive heat, esp to sweat and feel faint
  2. archaic.
    tr to exude (venom)
  3. rare.
    tr to cause to suffer under oppressive heat
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a sweltering condition (esp in the phrase in a swelter )
  2. oppressive humid heat
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍路蝉飞别濒顎僼别谤别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of swelter1

1375鈥1425; late Middle English swelt ( e ) ren (v.), equivalent to swelt ( en ) to be overcome with heat ( Old English sweltan to die; cognate with Old Norse svelta, Gothic swiltan ) + -eren -er 6
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of swelter1

C15 swelten, from Old English sweltan to die; related to Old Norse svelta to starve, Old High German swelzan to burn with passion; see sultry
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The story touches on matters of body image and sexual autonomy within their community of immigrant women, who are often shown toiling inside a garment factory amid the sweltering summer heat of 1987.

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Warm spring evenings that soon will lip into summer swelter.

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The director of a new film set in a sweltering London over 24 hours on A-Level results day says that the city he grew up in is now "inaccessible" to many Gen Z young adults.

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