smoulders

英 [ˈsməʊldəz] 美 [ˈsmoʊldərz]

v.  (无明火地)阴燃，闷燃; (感情)郁积，压在心头
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    in AM, use 美国英语用 smolder

  1. VERB (有烟、无火焰地)闷烧，阴燃
    If something smoulders, 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。
  2. VERB (愤怒、仇恨等)郁积，憋在心里
    If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside 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。
  3. VERB 性感迷人
    If you say that someone smoulders, 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。
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双语例句

  1. 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。
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