| 释义 |
smol·der
I. noun
or smoul·der \ˈsmōldə(r)\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English smolder; akin to Middle Dutch smölen to smolder, scorch — more at smell
1. : smoke, smother, smudge
2. : a smoldering fire — compare blaze
3. : a disease of narcissus bulbs caused by a fungus (Botrytis narcissicola)
II. verb
or smoulder \“\
(smoldered or smouldered ; smoldered or smouldered ; smoldering or smouldering \-d(ə)riŋ\ ; smolders or smoulders)
Etymology: Middle English smolderen, from smolder, n.
transitive verb
1. obsolete : smother, suppress, suffocate
2. : to blacken with fire or ashes
intransitive verb
1. : to burn and smoke without flame
< the fuse smoldered and sputtered >
: waste away by slow combustion
< fire was smoldering in the grate >
— often used with out
< it took hours for the ruins to smolder out >
2. : to exist in a state of suppressed activity : be or continue liable to violent outbreak at any moment
< the feud smoldered for months with no actual shooting >
3. : to show scarcely suppressed or contained anger, hate, jealousy
< her tone was … conversational, although … her eyes were smoldering — James Hensel > |