swelter英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Intense heat.

— The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.

动词 v.

To suffer terribly from intense heat. intransitive
To perspire greatly from heat. intransitive
To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat. transitive

— It was so rare a piece of fun To see the swelter'd cattle run

词形变化

swelters present,singular,third-person sweltering participle,present sweltered participle,past sweltered past sulter alternative,obsolete swelters plural sulter alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

sweltersome unsweltered

词源

词源 1

From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix).

词源 2

From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix).