smoulders

英 [ˈsməʊldəz]

美 [ˈsmoʊldərz]

v.  (无明火地)阴燃，闷燃; (感情)郁积，压在心头
smoulder的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 smolder


• VERB (有烟、无火焰地)闷烧，阴燃
  If somethingsmoulders, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames.
  1. A number of buildings around the Parliament were still smouldering today...
     国会周围的一些大楼今天还在冒烟。
  2. Whole blocks had been turned into smouldering rubble.
     整座整座的街区都变成了一堆冒着青烟的瓦砾。
• VERB (愤怒、仇恨等)郁积，憋在心里
  If a feeling such as anger or hatredsmouldersinside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it.
  1. Baxter smouldered as he drove home for lunch...
     巴克斯特开车回家吃午饭的路上，心里一直憋着一团火。
  2. That's a lot of people smouldering with resentment...
     许多人的心里都在愤愤不平。
  3. There is a smouldering anger in the black community.
     在黑人社区里，人们的心中都揣着一团怒火。
• VERB 性感迷人
  If you say that someonesmoulders, you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way.
  1. Melanie Griffith seems to smoulder with sexuality...
     梅拉妮·格里菲思显得很性感。
  2. His darkly smouldering eyes never left her face.
     他那双性感迷人的黑眼睛一直盯着她的面庞。

双语例句

• His hatred for his brother still smoulders after twenty years.
  二十年后，他对他哥哥仍然愤恨不平。