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sweltering
['swɛltərɪŋ]
a. 闷热, 热,



sweltering
[ adj ]
excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
<adj.all>
a sweltering roomsweltering athletes




Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweltered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Sweltering}.] [From {Swelt}, v. i.]
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish
with heat. ``Sweltered cattle.'' --Coleridge.

2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton.