sweat

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in Vietnamese Mồ hôi

BrE /swet/ AmE /swɛt/

noun / verb en → vi

past sweated pp sweated ing sweating

1 LIQUID [uncountable] A2

Mồ hôi

a clear liquid that comes out of your skin when you are hot or doing exercise

  • sweat on sb's forehead

Collocations heavy sweat · cold sweat

  • He wiped the sweat from his brow.

    Anh ấy lau mồ hôi trên trán.

2 ACTION [intransitive] A1

Ra mồ hôi

to produce sweat, especially because you are hot or exercising

  • sweat heavily

Collocations sweating profusely · sweat like a pig

  • She was sweating heavily after the run.

    Cô ấy ra mồ hôi rất nhiều sau khi chạy.

3 EFFORT [intransitive] B1

Cố gắng hết sức

to work very hard at something, especially to achieve a goal or succeed in something

  • sweat over sth

Collocations sweating over a project · sweat to succeed

  • He sweated over the exam for weeks.

    Anh ấy đã cố gắng hết sức cho kỳ thi trong nhiều tuần.

Idioms

sweat it out B2

Cố gắng vượt qua khó khăn

  • We'll just have to sweat it out until the results come in.

    Chúng ta chỉ còn cách cố gắng vượt qua cho đến khi có kết quả.

sweat bullets B2

Rất lo lắng, căng thẳng

  • She was sweating bullets before her presentation.

    Cô ấy rất lo lắng trước buổi trình bày.

sweat like a pig B1

Ra mồ hôi rất nhiều

  • He was sweating like a pig after the race.

    Anh ấy ra mồ hôi rất nhiều sau cuộc đua.