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perspiration

/pur-spuh-rey-shuhn/US // ˈpɜr spəˈreɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌpɜːspəˈreɪʃən) //

汗水,汗液,汗渍,汗

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
    • : the act or process of perspiring.

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Examples

  • However, technically, aluminum is only found in antiperspirants because it limits perspiration.

  • Sweat is a sort of channel for human communication, an “honest signal,” writes Everts, with all sorts of “chemical cues” lurking in our perspiration.

  • In response, I always showered before a race to ward off anxious perspiration.

  • My face, already red from the heat and the aforementioned spewing firehose of perspiration, started to break out and my eyes began itching.

  • When our bodies are short on fluids, either because we haven’t had enough water or we’ve been sweating profusely, that perspiration—our built-in cooling system—dries up.

  • He was grabbing my hips and he was pouring with perspiration and he had this cheesy smile.

  • I remember people saying it could be transmitted through perspiration.

  • The New Moon insists on persistence and perspiration in equal measure.

  • Perspiration is a crucial ingredient, but even a dab of it will do you proud.

  • They say that success is 10 per cent inspiration and 90 per cent perspiration, and perspiration didn't really interest her.

  • But this time, with all his cunning and perspiration, he could not induce another throb in the tired engines.

  • The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.

  • The perspiration stands on young Lamb's face; again his cigar goes out.

  • When he was gone, Monsieur de Tressan flung off his wig, and mopped the perspiration from his brow.

  • He shifted uneasily, while his handkerchief was kept busy mopping the perspiration from his brow.