smoulder
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++smoul·der British English, smolder American English /ˈsməʊldə $ ˈsmoʊldər/ verb [intransitive] 1. BURNif something such as wood smoulders, it burns slowly without a flame 无火焰地慢慢烧，闷燃► see thesaurus at burn2 STRONG FEELING OR BELIEF literary if someone smoulders, or if their feelings smoulder, they have strong feelings that they do not fully express 〔强烈的情绪〕闷在心里，郁积 He sensed a smouldering hostility towards him. 他感觉到有人对他暗怀敌意。smoulder with She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment. 她一晚上心里都愤愤不平。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
smoulder• The fire in the chemical factory was so intense that it was still smouldering a week later.• Two-year-old Bethany Hudson's alarm started to smoulder and smoke as she lay in her cot.• In areas of shallow coal seams and dried out peat deposits, fires can smoulder below ground level for years.• Oh, two rugs on the stone floor were smouldering but the fire was contained.• The slow burn of resentment smouldered inside her.• In plates around the room were fortune cookies, srnall Buddhas and smouldering joss sticks.• They're less impressive as they smoulder, marmalade-like, over a pair of kohl-black eyebrows.• My boots and feet were smouldering when they found me.• Then he noticed the dark eyes, smouldering with hate at him from beneath tangled strands of black hair.smoul·der verbChineseSyllable
wood it if as smoulders, such something burns Corpus
smoulder
smoul‧der
British English, smolder American English /ˈsməʊldə $ ˈsmoʊldər/ verb [intransitive]
1. if something such as wood smoulders, it burns slowly without a flame
2. literary if someone smoulders, or if their feelings smoulder, they have strong feelings that they do not fully express:
He sensed a smouldering hostility towards him.
smoulder with
She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment.
■ to be burning
▪burn to produce heat and flames: The fire was still burning. | A pile of branches was burning in the yard.
▪be on fire if a building, car, piece of clothing etc is on fire, it is burning and being damaged: Before long, the neighbouring houses were on fire too.
▪be alight especially written if something is alight, it is burning: By the time the fire engines got there, the whole building was already alight. | The candle was still alight.
▪be ablaze especially written if something is ablaze, it is burning with a lot of flames, so that it is seriously damaged: Twelve hours after the bombing raid, many parts of the city were still ablaze. | The two hundred tonnes of straw were now ablaze and firefighters struggled to get the fire under control.
▪blaze to burn very brightly with a lot of flames and heat: A big log fire was blazing in the fireplace.
▪smoulder British English, smolder American English /ˈsməʊldə $ ˈsmoʊldər/ to burn slowly and continuously, producing smoke but no flames: A cigarette smouldered in the ashtray. | The fire in the chemical factory was so intense that it was still smouldering a week later.
▪flicker if a fire or flame flickers, it burns with an unsteady light that appears and disappears quickly: A welcoming fire flickered in the grate. | Inside the shrine candles flicker next to statues of saints.
smoul‧der
British English, smolder American English /ˈsməʊldə $ ˈsmoʊldər/ verb [intransitive]1. if something such as wood smoulders, it burns slowly without a flame
2. literary if someone smoulders, or if their feelings smoulder, they have strong feelings that they do not fully express:
smoulder with
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