smolder
英 美['smold?]
- vi. 悶燒；郁積
- n. 陰燃；悶燒
CET6+TEM8
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?smolders;第三人稱單數(shù):?smolders;過去式:?smoldered;過去分詞:?smoldered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?smoldering;
助記提示
1. smolder / smoulder <====> smother.
2. => "burn and smoke without flame".
3. perhaps cognate with smell.
4. smoke => smolder, smother.
2. => "burn and smoke without flame".
3. perhaps cognate with smell.
4. smoke => smolder, smother.
中文詞源
smolder 陰燃，悶燃，悶燒
來自低地德語 smolen,窒息，阻燃，冒煙，來自 Proto-Germanic*smulijana,燃燒，冒煙，來自 PIE*smel,燃燒，冒煙，詞源同 smell.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。
英文詞源
- smolder (v.)
- c. 1300 (implied in smoldering), "to smother, suffocate," related to Middle Dutch smolen, Low German smelen, Flemish smoel "hot," from Proto-Germanic *smel-, *smul-. The intransitive meaning "burn and smoke without flame" is first recorded 1520s, fell from use 17c. (though smoldering persisted in poetry) and was revived 19c. Figurative sense "exist in a suppressed state; burn inwardly" is from 1810. Related: Smouldered; smolderingly. Middle English also had a noun smolder meaning "smoky vapor, a stifling smoke."
雙語例句
- 1. The smolder became a blaze.
- 燜火變?yōu)榱已妗?/dd>
來自辭典例句
- 2. The smolder will soon be a flame.
- 悶火很快變?yōu)榱已?
來自辭典例句
- 3. It can smolder undetected for hours, then suddenly explode in fiery destruction.
- 也有可能好幾小時內(nèi)不被發(fā)覺, 突然激烈的爆炸.
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