swelterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• sulter (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 swelteren, frequentative form of 中期英語 swelten (“to die; faint”), from 古期英語 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).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈswɛl.tə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈswɛl.tɚ/
• 韻: -ɛltə(ɹ)

動詞

swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)

1. (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.

   Synonyms: burn up, steam, stew

2. (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.

   Synonyms: sweat buckets, sweat like a pig

3. (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.

   Synonyms: sweb, swelt

   • 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fire, Famine, and Slaughter:

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

名詞

swelter (plural swelters)

1. Intense heat.

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

派生語

• sultry
• sweltery, sweltry

アナグラム

• Lewters, Welters, welters, wrestle