smoulder
verb[I]
UK(USsmolder)uk/ˈsməʊl.dər/us/ˈsmoʊl.dɚ/smoulderverb[I](BURN)
toburnslowlywithsmokebut withoutflames:
无火焰地慢慢烧，闷燃a smoulderingfire闷燃的火
smoulderingembers闷燃的余烬
Thefirewasstartedby a smoulderingcigarette.大火是由闷燃的烟蒂引起的。
to make fire or damage with fire
- burnThe fire was still burning after 24 hours.
- burn (fuel)The car burns biofuel.
- burnShe burned his diaries to stop the information from becoming public.
- blazeBush fires blazed across the county.
- smoulderUKThe fire smouldered and soon went out.
- scorchThe sun had scorched the grass and turned it brown.
Burning, burnt & on fire
- ablaze
- afire
- alight
- blaze
- burn(something)down
- burn sb up
- burned out
- burnt
- burnt offering
- burnt out
- carbonize
- char
- charred
- flame
- go up in flamesidiom
- inextinguishable
- scorched
- sear
- self-immolation
- unlit
smoulderverb[I](PROBLEM)
If aproblemorunpleasantsituationsmoulders, itcontinuestoexistand maybecomeworseat anytime:
（问题或不良局势）持续存在，维持Thedisputeisstillsmouldering, fiveyearsafter thenegotiationsbegan.谈判开始到现在都5年了，争端的暗火仍在燃烧。
Making progress and advancing
- advancement
- age
- ahead
- ahead of
- anti-development
- carry
- flourish
- furtherance
- gather
- get beyondsomething
- get it togetheridiom
- grow
- journey
- mature
- pan
- ripen
- ripeness
- self-advancement
- self-betterment
- self-development
smoulderverb[I](EMOTION)
If astrongemotionsmoulders, itexists, but ispreventedfrom beingexpressed:
（强烈的情绪）郁积，闷在心头She was smoulderingwithrageas sheexplainedhow hersonhad beenkilled.她强压着满腔的怒火，叙述了儿子被害的经过。
Strong feelings
- afire
- all-consuming
- anguish
- anguished
- ardent
- ferociously
- fierce
- fierceness
- fit to burstidiom
- fulminating
- passions run highidiom
- pungently
- rabid
- rabidly
- reinforced
- rhapsodic
- searing
- tingle
- torrid
- virulent
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Controlling emotions
smoulderverb[I](ROMANTIC FEELINGS)
Apersonwho smoulders hasstrongsexualorromanticfeelingsbut does notexpressthem:
欲火中烧；心驰神往Hegazedat her with smoulderingeyes,wishingshe wasn'tmarried.他那双充满欲望的眼睛直勾勾地盯着她，心里希望她还没有结婚。