1610s, from French perspiration (1560s), noun of action from perspirer "perspire," from Latin perspirare "blow or breathe constantly," from per- "through" (see per) + spirare "to breathe, blow" (see spirit (n.)). Applied to excretion of invisible moistures through the skin (1620s), hence used as a euphemism for "sweat" from 1725.
实用例句
1. During fever a large quantity of fluid is lost in perspiration.
发烧时，大量水分会通过排汗而丧失。
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2. Chantal was writhing in pain and bathed in perspiration.
夏恩托痛苦地翻来覆去，汗水淋淋。
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3. Lou was dripping with perspiration.
卢浑身淌汗。
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4. She was writhing in pain, bathed in perspiration.
