| 单词 | fume |
| 释义 | fume From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfumefume /fjuːm/ verb1 ANGRY[intransitive, transitive] to be angry about somethingfume at/over/aboutShe sat in the car, silently fuming about what he’d said.‘You’ve no right to be here, ’ he fumed.2 SMOKE[intransitive] to give off smoke or gases→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusfume• A crucial document disappeared for years while frustrated investigators fumed.• Jody makes sure everyone gets there on time, but she fumes about the early hour to anyone who will listen.• Still fuming at the insensitive arrogance of the man she turned and left the office.• It will do no good at all if it leaves you fuming internally for the rest of the day.• I stood there fuming until I was noticed.fume at/over/about• David Ashworth Parents fuming over bus posters A COUNCIL-owned bus company has been attacked for carrying tobacco advertising on school buses.• Not only will the situation which upsets you continue, but you will continue to do yourself harm by fuming about it.• Yeltsin fumed at questions of whether the nuclear summit and surrounding meetings were tailored to his political ambitions.• It left Mr Schrempp fuming at the betrayal.• Jody makes sure everyone gets there on time, but she fumes about the early hour to anyone who will listen.• Still fuming at the insensitive arrogance of the man she turned and left the office.• Also, the Tigers are fuming about their controversial loss to Arkansas last year.Origin fume (1300-1400) French fumer, from Latin fumus “smoke” |
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