perspiration

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

per·spir·ation BrE [ˌpɜːspəˈreɪʃn] NAmE [ˌpɜːrspəˈreɪʃn] noun uncountable
1. drops of liquid that form on your skin when you are hot
Syn: ↑sweat
•Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead.
•Her skin was damp with perspiration.
2. the act of perspiring
•Perspiration cools the skin in hot weather.

Word Origin:
[perspiration] early 17th cent.: from French, from perspirer, from Latin perspirare, from per- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’.

Example Bank:
•Great beads of perspiration trickled down his forehead.
•He wiped the perspiration from his brow.
•Her face was wet with perspiration.
•My shirt was soaked in perspiration.
•Perspiration broke out on my skin.
•Perspiration ran down his face.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis, sweat, sudor