| 单词 | simmer down |
| 释义 | > as lemmassimmer down simmer down 1. transitive. To reduce (a liquid) in volume or otherwise transform by simmering, esp. in cookery. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1820 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 19 Feb. One oz. alum, one oz. salt-petre, one oz. honey, one oz. borax, one pint of vinegar. Simmer them down to a gill, and wash the mouth with it, several times a day. 1839 London Age 18 Aug. 261/1 Men, who only wanted an O'Connell to simmer down their sedition à l'Irlandaise..in order to render them as prudently loyal as the Ribbonmen. 1847 R. J. Culverwell Laws Life, Health, & Happiness 69 This stomach has no teeth in it,..no boiling water to simmer down tough tendons. 1886 Boston Daily Globe 26 Apr. 4/4 I have noticed several arguments from your correspondents as regards the so-called five, six or seven senses. I simmer them down to one sense, the sense of feeling. 1903 Lutheran Observer 14 Aug. 20/2 The old time way of making a ‘pot roast’ was to put the meat in an abundance of water, boil hard, and at last simmer it down. 2011 R. Kaplan & K. R. Blume Urban Homesteading 183/1 Syrups are prepared by placing two ounces of an herb into one quart of water and simmering the liquid down to one pint to make a concentrated tea. 2. Originally U.S. a. intransitive. To calm down from an angry or agitated state.Originally as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > become composed or calm [verb (intransitive)] saughtelc1400 breathe1485 pacify1509 settle1591 compose1663 to breathe freely (also easy, easily)1695 tranquillize1748 cool1836 simmer down1842 calm1877 relax1907 to cool it1952 to Zen out1968 mellow1974 to take a chill pill1981 chillax1994 1842 Evening Star 20 Oct. 4/4 How to cure a sulky wife.—Take her, wrap her in a linen cloth..insinuate a bunch of nettles... She will now speedily simmer down to a proper consistency. 1843 Illustr. London News 20 May 343/2 He is devoured with rapture, but, while the world is boiling over, he simmers down into the mildest complacency of respectful gratitude. 1855 U.S. Rev. Sept. 221 My anger has very considerably evaporated, or rather, as might perhaps be said with greater justice, has began [sic] to simmer down. 1871 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 58 I must and will keep shady and quiet till Bret Harte simmers down a little. 1902 C. J. C. Hyne Mr. Horrocks, Purser 42 First Class passengers..don't handicap matters by interference—once they have simmered down. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Dec. 1561/5 There they simmer down for a space, forget their mundane cares. 2000 Big Issue 4 Sept. 4/2 Motorists who feel they are on the verge of succumbing to a bout of road rage are being given the chance to simmer down at a tailor-made ‘calming zone’. b. transitive. To cause (a person) to calm down. ΚΠ 1860 Burlington (Iowa) Daily Hawk-eye 15 Sept. I dispatched back to Steve, telling him..that his ma should be found, and that I'd go right out in search of her. That kinder simmered him down. 1908 S. Ford Side-stepping with Shorty 269 ‘Guessed it by the clothes,’ says I. That simmers him down. 1973 W. Soyinka Season of Anomy v. 80 Let me talk to Ofeyi maybe he can simmer her down. 2002 H. E. Burchett Last Light x. 127 Jane simmered me down with those half-dozen words at a time when I was thoroughly exasperated with her. < as lemmas |
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