sweater
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
Đồng nghĩa: sweatshirt
- 2.
(US)(chiefly US) A similar garment worn for warmth.
Đồng nghĩa: jumper, pullover, jersey, cardigan, wooly
- 3.
One who sweats (produces sweat).
Đồng nghĩa: perspirer
- 4.
One who or that which causes to sweat.
- 5.
A diaphoretic remedy.
- 6.
(historical)An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union.
Đồng nghĩa: exploiter
- 7.
(archaic)One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
- 8.
(UK, obsolete)A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […]
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To dress in a sweater.
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From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.