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词汇 smouldered
释义 smouldered
past simple and past participle ofsmoulder
smoulder
verb[ I ]
UK(USsmolder)uk /ˈsməʊl.dər/ us /ˈsmoʊl.dɚ/

smoulderverb[I] (BURN)


to burn slowly with smoke but without flames: 无火焰地慢慢烧,闷燃
a smouldering fire闷燃的火
smouldering embers闷燃的余烬
The fire was started by a smouldering cigarette.大火是由闷燃的烟蒂引起的。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to make fire or damage with fire
burnThe fire was still burning after 24 hours.
burn (fuel)The car burns biofuel.
burnShe burned his diaries to stop the information from becoming public.
blazeBush fires blazed across the county.
smoulderUKThe fire smouldered and soon went out.
scorchThe sun had scorched the grass and turned it brown.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Burning, burnt & on fire
afire
aflame
alight
blaze
burn (something) down
burn sb up
burned out
burnt out
combustible
consume
flare
frazzled
incinerate
inflammable
on fireidiom
post-burn
reignite
scald
self-immolation
unburnable

smoulderverb[I] (PROBLEM)


If a problem or unpleasant situation smoulders, it continues to exist and may become worse at any time: (问题或不良局势)持续存在,维持
The dispute is still smouldering, five years after the negotiations began.谈判开始到现在都5年了,争端的暗火仍在燃烧。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making progress and advancing
adaptive evolution
advance the cause
advanced
advancement
age
boom
evolve
evolved
flourish
flower
formatively
from A to Bidiom
mature
punctuated equilibrium
rebuild
regenerate
ripen
ripeness
spread
wing

smoulderverb[I] (EMOTION)


If a strong emotion smoulders, it exists, but is prevented from being expressed: (强烈的情绪)郁积,闷在心头
She was smouldering with rage as she explained how her son had been killed.她强压着满腔的怒火,叙述了儿子被害的经过。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Strong feelings
afire
agonized
all-consuming
anguish
anguished
ardent
fierily
fit to burstidiom
flamingly
fulminating
grip
passions run highidiom
penetratingly
pungently
quiveringly
rabidly
smoulder
tempestuous
tingle
torrid

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Controlling emotions

smoulderverb[I] (ROMANTIC FEELINGS)


A person who smoulders has strong sexual or romantic feelings but does not express them: 欲火中烧;心驰神往
He gazed at her with smouldering eyes, wishing she wasn't married.他那双充满欲望的眼睛直勾勾地盯着她,心里希望她还没有结婚。

Examples of smouldered


smouldered

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


I understand that the pyres were active for two weeks, although they would have smouldered for several weeks after this.
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But it was a torch which lit fires which have smouldered ever since.
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Spin is like a fire that has smouldered under the surface for a long time and which suddenly blazes out.
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It said that materials that smouldered should be discarded as soon as possible.
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It has just smouldered on for 12 months and it has now reached an area of 200 square miles from that initial outbreak.
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It smouldered and caused the fire.
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When not in use, the fire in the samovar pipe faintly smouldered.
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The fire smouldered and eventually burned through the wall to the school next door.
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Elsewhere, however, the rebellion, which had been put down by rapidity of action rather than sheer weight of numbers, still smouldered.
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It burned for two weeks and smouldered for 6 months.
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For some months, this opposition smouldered.
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Slightly plump and rather short in stature with a face framed by unkempt raven hair and eyes encircled by deep, dark shadows, she smouldered with seething earthiness and volcanic temperament.
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