break into a sweat
break into a sweat — 片語動詞
- break into a sweatbase form
- breaks into a sweat3rd person singular
- breaking into a sweat-ing form
- broke into a sweatpast simple
- broken into a sweatpast participle
1. to start perspiring because of physical effort, heat, nervousness, or fear.
出汗；冒冷汗
因活動或緊張而開始流汗
to start perspiring because of physical effort, heat, nervousness, or fear.
After running up three flights of stairs, Owen broke into a sweat.
Owen 跑上三層樓梯後，開始出汗了。
break into a sweat after physical exercise
Anjali always breaks into a sweat just before giving a big presentation at work.
Anjali 在重要工作簡報前總是會冒汗。
The kitchen was so hot the chef broke into a sweat by mid-morning.
廚房裡太熱了，主廚到上午中段就滿身大汗。
Mateo broke into a cold sweat when he heard a noise from the dark basement.
Mateo 聽到黑暗的地下室傳來聲音，嚇出一身冷汗。
A short walk in the summer sun makes Reema break into a sweat.
在夏天的太陽下走一小段路，Reema 就會出汗。
- start sweating
more literal and less idiomatic than 'break into a sweat'
- perspire
more formal and technical; sounds clinical in everyday conversation
文法句型
break into a sweat
break into a cold sweat
用法筆記
Frequently used with the modifier cold to indicate sweating caused by fear or anxiety rather than physical effort. This phrasal verb is intransitive and cannot be used in the passive voice.