| 词组 | sweat |
| 释义 | sweat [sweated, sweated, sweating] sweat off 1. sweat off sth • sweat sth off to get rid of an illness by sweating a lot. When you sweat, liquid comes out of your skin because you are hot.: ▪ You've got a fever - stay in bed and sweat it off. 2. sweat off sth • sweat sth off to make your body weigh less by doing hard physical exercise and sweating: ▪ Boxers work hard to sweat off as much weight as they can before they are weighed. sweat out 1. sweat it out informal to work hard and continuously for long periods, especially in hot conditions: ▪ The men had been toiling away for six months - sweating it out in blistering heat from 6 am until 9 pm every day. sweat your guts out (=work with a lot of effort) ▪ We've been sweating out guts out trying to get this job finished on time. 2. sweat it out informal to wait anxiously for news that is very important to you: ▪ "The poor guy keeps asking what is going to happen to him." "Well, leave him to sweat it out for a while." ▪ Van Os is sweating it out, while the coach decides which 16 players he will be taking to the Olympics. 3. sweat out sth • sweat sth out to get rid of an illness by sweating a lot: ▪ "The best way to deal with a hangover," Johnny advised, "is to stay in bed and sweat it out." sweat out of 1. sweat sth out of sb BrE informal to find out information from someone by asking them of questions in a threatening way: ▪ The police finally sweated the other names out of him. 2. sweat something out of sb to force someone to give you money even though they have very little money: ▪ The extra millions of dollars will be found from taxes sweated out of the country's impoverished citizens. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑screw out of |
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