词汇释义

sweltering  TEM8  GRE

UK  /ˈswel.tər.ɪŋ/ US  /ˈswel.tɚ.ɪŋ/

adj, If you describe the weather as sweltering, you mean that it is extremely hot and makes you feel uncomfortable.炎热的，酷热的，热得难受的

外刊例句

1. “The Silence,” set amid a backdrop of sweltering heat and impending war in an unnamed European country, is one of Bergman’s most difficult films.(Washington Post)

2. In 2017, nine people died and 20 were hospitalized in dire condition, many with extreme dehydration and heatstroke, after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in San Antonio.(Seattle Times)

3. On that sweltering day in August, the fighters ordered everyone in the village to gather in the local school — herding the women and children on the second floor and the men on the first.(New York Times)

4. In the summer of 1999, a heat wave descended on the city, leaving many Park Hill residents sweltering in apartments without air-conditioning.(New York Times)

5. July 19 was a sweltering day, hovering near 90 degrees, and Jaxon and his friends were chilling near a pond.(Washington Times)

6. Most of Sydney is expected to experience sweltering temperatures above 40 degree Celsius over the weekend.(Reuters)

7. Family members say it helps that Stroud was born in Texas, a state known for its sweltering heat, where he would work in the rays of the sun at midday.(Washington Times)

8. So instead, they took to the streets, knocking on doors to campaign for Biden and Kelly, sometimes in the sweltering 120-degree Fahrenheit Arizona heat.(The Guardian)

9. Steel’s chief executive addressed the crowd of about 500 in the sweltering warehouse before Trump arrived, encouraging them to keep working together to help the company continue its growth.(Washington Post)

10. On a sweltering afternoon earlier this month, Johnson assembled dozens of his employees in an air-conditioned room for what amounted to a Hail Mary pass.(Seattle Times)

11. Some dramatic aerial images reveal how sweltering temperatures turned a formerly brimming reservoir into a sad-looking stream.(Fox News)

12. Recent events, including Hurricane Dorian’s deadly toll in the Bahamas and this summer's sweltering heat in France highlight why severe extreme weather events are at the forefront of people’s minds.(The Verge)

词汇搭配

sweltering day, heat, temperature

词汇来源

"oppressively hot" (of weather, seasons), 1590s, present-participle adjective from swelter (v.). Related: Swelteringly.

近义词

boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sultry, glowing, igneous, molten, heated, warmed, flushed, inflamed, steamy, tropical

反义词

algid, arctic, frigid, frozen, ice-cold, iced, chill, chilly, cool

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