单词 | smolder |
释义 | smolder /smohl"deuhr/, v.i. 1. to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion. 2. to exist or continue in a suppressed state or without outward demonstration: Hatred smoldered beneath a polite surface. 3. to display repressed feelings, as of indignation, anger, or the like: to smolder with rage. n. 4. dense smoke resulting from slow or suppressed combustion. 5. a smoldering fire. Also, smoulder. [1275-1325; (n.) ME smolder smoky vapor, dissimilated var. of smorther SMOTHER; (v.) ME (as prp. smolderende), deriv. of the n.] |
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