swither

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A great heat; a scorching, singeing countable,dialectal,uncountable
  2. A state of indecision or confusion; a panicked state; a flap, fluster, or dither. Northern-England,Scotland
    — Bradly came bristling to the lagoon the following afternoon, in a swither of alarm and expectation.
  3. Sweating. countable,dialectal,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To burn, scorch, singe. dialectal
  2. To be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither. Northern-England,Scotland
  3. To burn slowly, melt (as a candle), sweal dialectal
  4. To move or swing about.
    — He was filling his pipe, staring at his picture, not her, and this tacit dismissal allowed her to sidle over to the bank higher up, and there swither her legs about in the water before coming out of it.
  5. To smart, ache; tingle dialectal,figuratively

词形变化

swithers present,singular,third-person swithering participle,present swithered participle,past swithered past swether alternative swidder alternative swithers plural swether alternative swidder alternative swithers present,singular,third-person swithering participle,present swithered participle,past swithered past swithers plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English *swithren, from Old Norse sviðra (“to burn, singe”). Related to Middle English swithen (“to burn, scorch, singe”), from Old Norse svíða (“to burn”).
词源 2
First attested in 1501; of unknown origin.
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