sweaty

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
[ˈswɛɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is sweaty.
    — For example a conscious attemp at separating the "hots and sweaties" from the “bibs and tuckers” is often desirable amount according to which activity areas he/she has used.
  2. Deliberate misspelling of sweety, a term of familiar address. Internet,alt-of,deliberate,derogatory,humorous
  3. Informal sportswear, such as a sweatshirt, pair of sweatpants or a sweatsuit. informal,plural,plural-only
    — After lessons I went down town with O'Hara and William, we bought a bow and arrows and some sweaties, when we came home we practised with our bow and arrows and played marbles.
形容词 adj.
  1. Covered in sweat.
    — John felt better after changing out of his sweaty clothes.
  2. Having a tendency to sweat.
    — She had never met someone so sweaty.
  3. Likely to cause one to sweat.
    — It was a hot and sweaty day.
  4. Caused by sweat.
    — That sweaty odour is disgusting.
  5. Strenuous; laborious; exhausting.
    — He resented being asked to do such a sweaty task.
  6. Extremely (and possibly inappropriately) obsessed with winning. slang
    — Watch out for that sweaty team.
  7. Attracting many extremely competitive players. slang
    — I stick to casual because ranked lobbies are way too sweaty.

词形变化

sweatier comparative sweatiest superlative sweaties plural sweaties plural

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
From Middle English swety, equivalent to sweat + -y.
词源 2
Influenced by the similarity of the spelling of sweety, and the humorous contrast between their meanings.
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