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perspiration 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˌpərspəˈrāSHən/,
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The process of sweating,
  1. The process of sweating
    • - it causes perspiration and a rapid heartbeat
  2. Sweat
    • - perspiration ran down his forehead

  1. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow"
  2. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
  3. (perspire) sweat: excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
  4. Perspiration (sweating, transpiration, or diaphoresis) is the production of a fluid consisting primarily of water as well as various dissolved solids (chiefly chlorides), that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. ...
  5. To dream that you are in a perspiration, foretells that you will come out of some difficulty, which has caused much gossip, with new honors.
  6. Sweator diaphoresis. Some people who have OI appear to perspire more heavily than others experiencing the same room temperature.
  7. Spontaneous evaporation or (less often) vaporization through heating. Also used to indicate condensation of moisture on a relatively cool body.
  8. Unlike humans, birds do not regulate their body temperature with dermal sweat glands that secrete perspiration. Instead, they thermoregulate by giving off excess heat in the form of water vapor, mainly by panting. ...
  9. Moisture that is given off through the pores of the skin; sweat.
  10. sudation / transpiration
  11. c. to throw away; reject