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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

sudatory

/soo-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ˈsu dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (ˈsjuːdətərɪ, -trɪ) //

泥沙俱下,泥潭,淤泥,泥沙俱下的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or causing sweating.
    • : pertaining to a sudatorium.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural su·da·to·ries.

    • : sudatorium.

Examples

  • The shrubbery around the sudatory is in many localities tied up with willow wisps and ropes.

  • It serves also as place of assembly and at least at times as sudatory, whence its popular name of sweat-house.

  • A hut is built, to be used as a sudatory (as will be related below).

  • All shrivelled up as we were by the heat—for we were almost past the sudatory stage—we drank in some refreshment from the scenery.

  • Early on the day of his initiation the candidate returns to the sudatory to await the coming of his preceptor.

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