| 英语单词 | seethe |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [siːð] 美 [siːð] |
| 中文释义 | v.沸腾;大怒;起泡 n.拥挤;激动;骚动 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Resentment and rage seethe within him. (2) She was seething with rage at his remarks. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 怨恨与愤怒在他的内心翻腾。 (2) 他的评论把她气得火冒三丈。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If a liquid seethes, it is boiling, but if it's a person who's seething, watch out! He or she is really angry! |
| vocabulary扩展 | In the cooking sense, to seethe means to boil and if you are seething with anger, you might say that your blood is boiling. However seethe can also mean filled with activity. Imagine a room seething with excited people. Now imagine that you are watching that room from a balcony. See how the people move here and there? It's almost as if they are bubbling around. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]强压怒火;生闷气 When you are seething, you are very angry about something but do not express your feelings about it. [V] [V prep] [V-ing]
2 [VERB 动词]充满,遍布,到处都是(人或物) If you say that a place is seething with people or things, you are emphasizing that it is very full of them and that they are all moving about. [V [V-ing] [Also V] [emphasis]
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