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单词 sizzle
释义 siz·zle
I. \ˈsizəl\ verb
(sizzled ; sizzled ; sizzling \-z(ə)liŋ\ ; sizzles)
Etymology: perhaps freq. of siss
transitive verb
1. : to burn up or sear with scorching heat typically so as to produce a hissing sound
 < the sun was beginning to sizzle the whole wide valley — Richard Bissell >
2. : to affect painfully by heated language
 < speakers sizzled the opposition >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to make a hissing sound
  < a dish of sizzling fat — Richard Llewellyn >
  < oil lamp which sizzled softly on his table — R.P.Warren >
  < powdery snow sizzled under their skis — Aldous Huxley >
  < only the desultory sizzling of some little bird — D.C.Peattie >
 b. : to produce the effect of making a hissing sound
  < ink that sizzles on the page — Rotarian >
  < everyone sizzling with enthusiasm — W.A.White >
  < the town sizzled with the news — Dorothy Parker >
2. : to move with or as if with a hissing sound
 < lava sizzling down the snowy mountainside >
 < cars sizzled past us on the highway >
3. : to be in a state of partially repressed agitation caused especially by deep anger or resentment
 < sizzling because of the unsupported allegations >
4. : to perform or become performed at top form or in a noticeably improved manner
 < the champion sizzled on the course today >
 < sales immediately began to sizzle >
II. noun
(-s)
: a hissing sound (as of something frying over a fire)
 < there trailed in her wake a sizzle of gossip — Marcia Davenport >
III. noun
1. : pizzazz herein
 < added a little sizzle to a show that had begun to sputter — David Gritten >
2. : excitement
 < conventioneers … looking for a bit of sizzle — D.A.Lanegran >
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