smoulder

[US]/'sməʊldə/
[UK]/ˈsmoldɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. 用文火燜燒, 燻燒, 慢燃
n. 燜燒, 文火, 冒煙
Word Forms
過去分詞smouldered
第三人稱單數smoulders
過去式smouldered
現在分詞smouldering
複數smoulders

Phrases & Collocations

smouldering passion

激情陰燃

smoulder quietly

悄悄陰燃

Example Sentences

Anna smouldered with indignation.

安娜義憤填膺。

the controversy smouldered on for several years.

這場論爭暗中醞釀好幾年了。

the last acrid smoulder of his cigarette.

他香菸上最後的刺鼻燃煙。

the plane was reduced to a smouldering wreck.

飛機只剩下一堆悶燃的殘骸。

the bonfire still smouldered, the smoke drifting over the paddock.

篝火仍有餘燼,煙霧縈繞在牧場上空。

Gaza is only the latest bloody reminder that when this particular conflict is left to smoulder, it tends to ignite with a bang, the reverberations of which travel far beyond Palestine itself.

若放任巴以爭端繼續升級,結果會以槍聲震驚巴勒斯坦以外的土地。加沙事件只是最近的一個血淋淋的警告。

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