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英语单词 seethe
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
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[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.
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  • She took it calmly at first but under the surface was seething...

    她起初平静地接受了,但内心却气呼呼的。

  • She grinned derisively while I seethed with rage...

    我怒火中烧,她却嘲弄地咧着嘴笑。

  • He is seething at all the bad press he is getting.

    他正为所有那些关于自己的负面报道窝着一肚子火。

  • ...a seething anger fueled by decades of political oppression.

    数十年的政治压迫燃起的更加炽烈的怒火

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[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.
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  • The forest below him seethed and teemed with life...

    他下面的森林里处处生机勃勃。

  • Madrigueras station was a seething mass of soldiers.

    马德里古埃拉斯车站到处都是士兵。

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