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单词 sizzle
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sizzle

[ siz-uhl ]
/ ˈsɪz əl /
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verb (used without object), siz·zled, siz·zling.

to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
Informal. to be very hot: It's sizzling out.
Informal. to be very angry; harbor deep resentment: I'm still sizzling over that insult.

verb (used with object), siz·zled, siz·zling.

to fry or burn with or as if with a hissing sound: to sizzle steaks on the grill; The sun sizzles the pavement.

noun

a sizzling sound.

Origin of sizzle

1595–1605; imitative; see -le

SYNONYMS FOR sizzle

1 sputter, spatter, crackle, hiss.
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OTHER WORDS FROM sizzle

sizzler, nounsiz·zling·ly, adverb

Words nearby sizzle

size-up, size-weight illusion, size zero, sizing, sizy, sizzle, sizzler, sizzling, S.J., SJA, Sjaelland
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British Dictionary definitions for sizzle

sizzle
/ (ˈsɪzəl) /

verb (intr)

to make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat
informal to be very hot
informal to be very angry

noun

a hissing sound

Word Origin for sizzle

C17: of imitative origin. Compare siss (now dialect) to hiss, West Frisian size, siizje. See also fizz and fizzle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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