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单词 seethe
释义 seethe
I. \ˈsēth\ verb
(seethed \-thd\ ; or archaic sod \ˈsäd\ ; seethed \-thd\ ; or archaic sod·den \-dən\ ; seething ; seethes)
Etymology: Middle English sethen, from Old English sēothan; akin to Old High German siodan to seethe, Old Norse sjōtha, Lithuanian siausti to rage, Avestan hāvayeiti he stews
transitive verb
1. : to cook in a boiling or simmering liquid : boil, stew
 < allowed to eat anything that is roasted or seethed — William Chomsky >
 < thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk — Exod: 23:19 (Authorized Version) >
2.
 a. : to soak or saturate in a liquid : reduce by soaking or boiling to a flabby lifeless condition
 b. : to dull (as the brain or blood) by heat or intoxicating liquor
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to be cooked by boiling : come to a boil
2.
 a. : to be in a state of rapid and agitated movement
  < a dark mass in which seethed houses, freight cars, trees, and animals — V.G.Heiser >
  < swarms of flies seethed everywhere — Francis Birtles >
 b. : to bubble or foam as if boiling : boil, churn
  < when the surge was seething free — Alfred Tennyson >
3. : to suffer violent internal excitement or commotion : be in a state of agitation or turmoil : ferment
 < his brain seethed with answers, with retorts, with crushing arguments — Francis Hackett >
 < when the colonies were beginning to seethe with the spirit of revolt — Nation's Business >
II. noun
(-s)
: the act or state of seething : ebullition
 < a white seethe of foaming water — F.W.Crofts >
 < give some outlet to a seethe of violence in his muscles — Leslie Charteris >
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