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Past Seethe V State Sea Participle German Figurative

单词 seethe
音标 [si:0]
解释 v.沸腾,汹涌
红宝书 【英】 v. 沸腾,汹涌(to be in a state of rapid agitated movement)
【记】 分割记忆:see(看)+t he;连句:see the sea to seethe(看大海汹涌)
【例】 Look down into the seething sea around the rocks.
字源 seethe (v.)
Old English seoþan "to boil," also figuratively, "be troubled in mind, brood" (class II strong verb; past tense seaþ, past participle soden), from Proto-Germanic *seuthan (cognates: Old Norse sjoða, Old Frisian siatha, Dutch zieden, Old High German siodan, German sieden "to seethe"), from PIE root *seut- "to seethe, boil."
Driven out of its literal meaning by boil (v.); it survives largely in metaphoric extensions. Figurative use, of persons or populations, "to be in a state of inward agitation" is recorded from 1580s (implied in seething). It had wider figurative uses in Old English, such as "to try by fire, to afflict with cares." Now conjugated as a weak verb, and past participle sodden (q.v.) is no longer felt as connected.
不择手段背单词 v. 沸腾; 汹涌; 使激动
【记】see = sea, the: 汹涌, 沸腾
趣味全助记 【记】sizzle 象声词,咝咝或滋滋的声音;sea + 音:滋,嘶,海水发生滋滋的声音;象是烧开水沸腾时的滋滋声

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