sweater
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈswɛtə/
美 /ˈswɛtɚ/|/-ɾɚ/|/ˈswetə/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
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A similar garment worn for warmth.
— We could slip away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say / And you in your autumn sweater
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One who sweats (produces sweat).
— The cardiologist who administered Alex's exercise stress test on August 21 observed during that test that Alex was a profuse sweater.
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One who or that which causes to sweat.
— We learn of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn it from inspectors, we learn it from doctors, we learn it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters; but we never learn it from the children; we never learn it from the victims.
- A diaphoretic remedy.
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An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
— If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union.
- One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
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A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
— Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […]
动词 v.
- To dress in a sweater.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.
词源 2
From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.
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