单词发音
- 英式发音: /swet/
- 美式发音: /swɛt/
分析词义
- sweat 主要指的是人体通过汗腺分泌的液体,用于调节体温和排除体内的废物。此外,它也常用来描述在高温下或由于努力工作而大量出汗的状态。
列举例句
- 运动场景:After running for thirty minutes, Sarah was covered in sweat. (跑了三十分钟之后,萨拉满身是汗。)
- 工作环境:The workers were sweating under the hot sun on the construction site. (工人们在烈日下的工地上挥汗如雨。)
- 紧张情绪:He was sweating bullets during his job interview. (他在工作面试时紧张得直冒汗。)
词根分析
- 词根: sweat
- 衍生词: sweaty(多汗的), sweater(毛衣,因早期由羊毛制成,穿后容易出汗而得名)
词缀分析
发展历史和文化背景
- sweat 这个词源于古英语 "swæot" 或 "sweote",其含义与现代英语相同,指汗水。在文化中,汗水常常被视为辛勤劳动的象征,尤其是在体育和体力劳动中。它也可以表示压力或紧张的情绪状态。
单词变形
- 名词: sweat(汗水)
- 动词: sweat(出汗),sweat out(通过出汗排出体内毒素)
- 形容词: sweaty(多汗的)
- 固定搭配: break into a sweat(开始出汗), sweat it out(通过流汗解决问题或困难)
记忆辅助
- 想象一个炎热夏日的场景,你在外面跑步,不久就感到全身都是汗。将这种感觉与单词 "sweat" 联系起来,可以帮助记忆这个单词。
小故事
John was gardening on a hot summer day. As he pulled up weeds and watered his plants, beads of sweat formed on his forehead. He wiped them away with the back of his hand, thinking to himself how good it felt to work hard in the garden. (约翰在一个炎热的夏日里园艺。当他除草和浇灌植物时,额头上形成了汗珠。他用手掌背面擦去汗水,心想在花园里努力工作感觉真好。)