sweat

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.sweat¹ /swet/ BrE AmE verb
[Language: Old English; Origin: swætan, from swat 'sweat' (noun)]
1. LIQUID FROM SKIN [intransitive and transitive] to have drops of salty liquid coming out through your skin because you are hot, ill, frightened, or doing exercise SYN perspire:
I was sweating a lot despite the air conditioning.
sweat heavily/profusely (=sweat a lot)
Within minutes she was sweating profusely.
sweat like a pig/sweat buckets informal (=sweat a lot)
basketball players sweating buckets
2. WORK [intransitive and transitive] informal to work hard:
They sweated and saved for ten years to buy a house.
sweat over
He’d sweated over the plans for six months.
sweat blood/sweat your guts out (=work very hard)
I sweated blood to get that report finished.
We’ve been sweating our guts out here!
3. WORRY [intransitive and transitive] informal to be anxious, nervous, or worried about something:
Let them sweat a bit before you tell them.
sweat bullets American English (=be very anxious)
Workers are sweating bullets over the possibility of job losses.
4. don’t sweat it American English spoken used to tell someone not to worry about something:
Don’t sweat it, I’ll lend you the money.
5. don’t sweat the small stuff American English spoken used to tell someone not to worry about unimportant things
6. PRODUCE LIQUID [intransitive] if something such as cheese sweats, fat from inside appears on its surface
7. COOK [transitive] British English to heat food gently in a little water or fat:
Sweat the vegetables until the juices run out.
sweat something ↔ off phrasal verb
to lose weight by sweating a lot
sweat something ↔ out phrasal verb
1. to wait anxiously for news that is very important to you:
Charles is sweating it out while the coach decides which players he’s taking to the Olympics.
2. American English to work very hard on something, especially something difficult:
kids sweating out a test
3. to do hard physical exercise:
They were sweating it out in the gym.
4. to get rid of an illness by making yourself sweat a lot
II.sweat² BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: ⇨ ↑sweat¹]
1. LIQUID ON SKIN [singular, uncountable] drops of salty liquid that come out through your skin when you are hot, frightened, ill, or doing exercise SYN perspiration:
Ian came off the squash court dripping with sweat.
Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Sweat poured down his face.
2. [countable] the condition of sweating:
Symptoms include fatigue and night sweats.
work up a sweat (=do physical exercise or hard work that makes you sweat)
3. a (cold) sweat a state of nervousness or fear, especially one in which you are sweating
in/into a (cold) sweat
I woke up from the nightmare in a cold sweat.
Don’t get into such a sweat about it! It’s only a test.
4. break into a sweat/break out in a sweat
a) to start sweating
b) to become very nervous or frightened:
Drops in stock market prices have investors breaking out into a sweat.
5. break sweat British English, break a sweat American English to start sweating because you are making an effort:
Karen was on the exercise bikes, just beginning to break a sweat.
6. no sweat spoken used to say that you can do something easily:
‘Are you sure you can do it on time?’ ‘Yeah, no sweat!’
7. sweats [plural] American English informal
a) clothes made of thick soft cotton, worn especially for sport SYN sweatsuit
b) trousers of this type SYN sweat pants
8. WORK [singular] old-fashioned hard work, especially when it is boring or unpleasant
9. the sweat of sb’s brow literary the hard effort that someone has made in their work
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COLLOCATIONS
verbs
▪ be dripping with sweat After two hours' climbing, their bodies were dripping with sweat.
▪ be drenched/soaked with sweat (=be covered in a lot of sweat) His shirt was drenched with sweat.
▪ sweat runs/pours somewhere My hand was shaking and sweat was pouring off my forehead.
▪ sweat trickles somewhere (=flows slowly) I could feel the sweat trickling down my back.
▪ glisten with sweat (=be wet and shiny with sweat) His chest glistened with sweat.
phrases
▪ beads of sweat (=drops of sweat) There were beads of sweat on his forehead.
▪ a trickle of sweat (=sweat that is flowing somewhere) A trickle of sweat ran down my neck.
▪ be wet/damp with sweat She had been exercising and her hair was damp with sweat.
▪ sweat stands out on somebody's forehead (=there are drops of sweat on somebody's forehead) Sweat stood out on Ian's forehead.
▪ wipe the sweat from your brow/forehead He wiped the sweat from his brow and carried on digging.
adjectives
▪ stale sweat The room smelt of stale sweat.

sweathu

◎	[swet]
※	danh từ
	■	mồ hôi
		☆	a vest damp with sweat
			áo ướt đẫm mồ hôi
		☆	they built the pagoda with the sweat of their brow
			họ đã đổ mồ hôi sôi nước mắt dựng nên ngôi chùa
	■	mồ hôi; hơi ẩm (do sự ngưng tụ trên kính, tường, nắp nồi..)
	■	(a sweat) sự ra mồ hôi; sự làm đổ mồ hôi; tình trạng đổ mồ hôi
		☆	nightly sweats
			sự ra mồ hôi trộm
		☆	a sweat will do him good
			cứ xông cho ra mồ hôi là anh ấy khỏi
		☆	they say a good sweat will cure a cold
			người ta cho rằng toát được mồ hôi ra là khỏi cảm lạnh
	■	(thông tục) công việc vất vả, công việc khó nhọc
		☆	he cannot stand the sweat of it
			anh ta không chịu được vất vả
	■	(a sweat) công việc (bài toán..) đòi hỏi nhiều cố gắng
	■	sự tập luyện (cho ngựa trước cuộc thi...)
	■	(thông tục) sự lo ngại, sự lo lắng
		☆	to be in a sweat
			lo lắng
	〆	old sweat
		✓	(từ lóng) lính già
	〆	all of a sweat
		✓	(thông tục) ướt đẫm mồ hôi
		✓	lo lắng, hoảng sợ
	〆	no sweat
		✓	(thông tục) không sao; không hề gì
※	nội động từ
	■	đổ mồ hôi, toát mồ hôi, vã mồ hôi (do làm việc vất vả..)
	■	úa ra, rỉ ra (như) mồ hôi
	■	(+ over) làm việc vất vả, làm việc mệt nhọc
	■	bán sức lao động (lấy đồng lương rẻ mạt)
	■	sợ hãi, hối hận
		☆	he will sweat for it
			anh ta sẽ hối hận về việc đó
	■	(thông tục) ở trong tình trạng rất lo lắng
※	ngoại động từ
	■	chảy (mồ hôi...), toát (mồ hôi...)
	■	làm (ai) đổ mồ hôi; làm (áo...) ướt đẫm mồ hôi
	■	lau mồ hôi (cho ngựa)
	■	ốp (công nhân) làm đổ mồ hôi sôi nước mắt; bóc lột
	■	ủ (thuốc lá)
	■	hàn (kim loại)
	■	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) tra tấn (ai) để bắt khai
	■	đun nóng (thịt, rau..); xào
	〆	to sweat out
		✓	xông cho ra mồ hôi để khỏi (cảm...)
		✓	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) lo lắng đợi chờ (cái gì); sốt ruột đợi chờ (cái gì...)
		✓	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) đứng chờ cho hết (một hàng dài...)
	〆	to sweat blood
		✓	(thông tục) làm đổ mồ hôi sôi nước mắt
		✓	sốt ruột, bồn chồn e sợ; lo/sợ toát mồ hôi
	〆	sweat something out
		✓	xông (chữa cảm lạnh, sốt..)
	〆	sweat it out
		✓	(thông tục) bồn chồn/lo lắng/sốt ruột chờ đợi

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, fret, stew, lather, swither, perspiration, sudor, sudate, perspire