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单词 seethe
释义
seetheseethe /siːð/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINseethe
Origin:
Old English seothan ‘to boil’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
seethe
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyseethe
he, she, itseethes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyseethed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave seethed
he, she, ithas seethed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad seethed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill seethe
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have seethed
Continuous Form
PresentIam seething
he, she, itis seething
you, we, theyare seething
PastI, he, she, itwas seething
you, we, theywere seething
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been seething
he, she, ithas been seething
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been seething
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be seething
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been seething
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • He went to bed seething.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • By late May the 9: 15 community was seething.
  • It seethes with passionate opinion in a way that rarely marks debates in Washington.
  • It was not seething with guests.
  • Stephen, seething inwardly, was left with nothing to say.
  • The harbor of the naval base seethed with tremendous activity.
  • The wood crackled and seethed and the flames united into a single fire.
  • Unprepared for the constant clamor, stress and hostility of prison life, he develops a seething anger and torturing headaches.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=be extremely angry)· Seething with anger and frustration, Polly pushed back her chair and stood up.
· The injustice of it made Melissa seethe with rage.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Yet hatred is still seething below the surface.· She changed into her nightie, surprised at how late it was, still seething.· Still seething with anger, she pulled the bedclothes around her.· I was still seething at the injustice of Oliver Moreton's attitude to me.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • By late May the 9: 15 community was seething.
  • By the time the girls gather in the locker room at three, Jody is seething again.
  • I was seething, yes, but not enough to keep me away from you.
  • If Max knew about Modigliani's private life then all Montparnasse would soon be seething with the story.
  • In the meantime, the Air Force chief seems to be seething at civilian interference in a military matter.
  • She said little, but she was seething inwardly and vowed to fight back.
  • The Ducks end the half up by seven, but Jody is seething.
  • The office was seething like a beehive when she got in.
1to feel an emotion, especially anger, so strongly that you are almost shaking SYN  fumeseethe with He was seething with anger. I was absolutely seething.2be seething (with something) if a place is seething with people, insects etc, there are a lot of them all moving quickly in different directions:  The cellar was seething with spiders.
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