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perspire

verb
🔊/pəˈspaɪə(r)/
🔊/pərˈspaɪər/
[intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they perspire
🔊/pəˈspaɪə(r)/
🔊/pərˈspaɪər/
he / she / it perspires
🔊/pəˈspaɪəz/
🔊/pərˈspaɪərz/
past simple perspired
🔊/pəˈspaɪəd/
🔊/pərˈspaɪərd/
past participle perspired
🔊/pəˈspaɪəd/
🔊/pərˈspaɪərd/
-ing form perspiring
🔊/pəˈspaɪərɪŋ/
🔊/pərˈspaɪərɪŋ/
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  1. to produce sweat on your body 出汗；排汗；发汗synonym sweat
    • The game of squash left me perspiring profusely.壁球比赛使我大汗淋漓。
    • He mopped his perspiring face with a handkerchief.他用手帕擦了擦汗的脸。
    • She was perspiring a little with the heat.她热得微微出了点儿汗。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • heavily
    • profusely
    • freely
    • …
    preposition
    • with
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French perspirer, from Latin perspirare, from per- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’.