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sweer

/sweer/US // swɪər //UK // (swiːr) //

汗水,汗,汗液,汗臭

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Scot. and North England.

    • : slothful; indolent.
    • : unwilling; reluctant.

Examples

  • "Yes—sweer," the other replied, and strode out of the room amid a roar of derisive laughter at M'Adam's expense.

  • Ye've admitted that the half-breeds are baith deid; and John Baptist will sweer that ye had their canoe and Cambon's gun.

  • Whatever as thou sayest oi will sweer to; but I would reyther change places.

  • We went, said Sweer-to-go, to offer up unto that sanct our vows against the plague.

  • In the provincial dialects these words are even now pronounced beer, teer, sweer.