sweaty

IPA/ˈsweti/
KK[swˈɛti]IPA/ˈsweti/

sweaty — 形容詞

  • sweatypositive
  • sweatiercomparative
  • sweatiestsuperlative

1. with sweat on your skin or clothing, especially after exercise, in hot weather,

1.形容詞B1
釋義

汗濕的

皮膚或衣物上有汗的

with sweat on your skin or clothing, especially after exercise, in hot weather, or when you feel nervous

例句

After a long run in the park, Hiro's T-shirt was completely sweaty.

在公園跑完長跑後,Hiro 的 T 恤全汗濕了。

T-shirt was completely sweaty

Diego wiped his sweaty forehead with a towel before walking into the meeting.

Diego 在走進會議室前,用毛巾擦了擦汗濕的額頭。

同義詞
  • clammy

    unpleasantly damp and cool, not necessarily from sweat but often from nervousness or humidity

  • moist

    slightly wet; a broader, more neutral term that can even be positive (e.g. moist cake)

  • perspiring

    a more formal and polite way to describe someone who is sweating

反義詞
  • dry

    free from sweat or moisture

  • cool

    pleasantly low in temperature, not causing or showing sweat

用法筆記

Describes both body parts (hands, face, forehead) and items that have absorbed sweat (shirt, towel, socks). Use from to indicate the cause of the sweat.

常見錯誤

I was sweaty running.
I was sweaty from running.
💡use from to show what caused the sweat.

2. making you feel hot and uncomfortable because your body produces sweat — used es

2.形容詞B1
釋義

悶熱的

讓人熱得流汗的

making you feel hot and uncomfortable because your body produces sweat — used especially about weather, rooms, or other conditions

例句

Eve wore a light cotton dress during the sweaty summer weather.

在那悶熱的夏天裡,Eve 穿著一件輕薄的棉質洋裝。

sweaty summer weather

The small conference room was so sweaty that Asher opened all the windows.

小會議室裡非常悶熱,Asher 只好把所有的窗戶都打開。

同義詞
  • stifling

    extremely hot and stuffy, making it hard to breathe

  • muggy

    warm and humid, used mainly for weather in the summer

  • oppressive

    hot in a way that feels heavy and uncomfortable, often with no breeze

反義詞
  • cool

    pleasantly low in temperature

  • refreshing

    making you feel fresh and cool again

用法筆記

Describes environments (weather, room, climate, air) rather than people or activities. Typically used with nouns like weather, room, conditions, heat, air.

常見錯誤

This running session is sweaty.
Running in this weather is sweaty.
💡sense 2 describes the environment, not the activity itself.