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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌpɜːspəˈɹeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌpɝspəˈɹeɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən
• ハイフネーション: per‧spi‧ra‧tion

名詞

perspiration (usually uncountable, plural perspirations)

1. The action or process of perspiring.

   Synonyms: sweating; (in medical usage) diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sudoresis

   Hyponyms: (excessive) hyperhidrosis, (insufficient) hypohidrosis

   • 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie, London: W. Lee, Cent. VII, section 680, page 170:

     The Cauſe may be Want of Perſpiration : For Much of the Matter of Haire, in the other Parts of the Body, goeth forth by Inſenſible Perſpiration ; And beſides, the Skull being of a more ſolide Subſtance, nouriſheth and aſſimilateth leſſe, and excerneth more.

2. (metonymic) Synonym of hard work.

   Coordinate term: inspiration

   • 1910, Frank Lewis Dyer, Thomas Commerford Martin, quoting Thomas Edison, Edison: His Life and Inventions, volume II, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 607:

     Genius is 1 per cent. inspiration and 99 per cent. perspiration.

3. Sweat (fluid).
   • 1897, Marie Corelli, “Chapter II”, in Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul, New York: Stone & Kimball, page 58:

     Passing his hand across his forehead he withdrew it, wet with drops of perspiration.

派生語

• genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration

関連する語

• perspire
• transpiration