Word · Frequency #23069
seethe
内心愤怒；强压怒火
核心释义
常指不形于色的愤怒或不满。
Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often hidden from others.
- 1.
沸腾；煮沸
Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
- 2.
(液体、蒸汽等或其容器)剧烈翻腾,起泡沫,如同沸腾。
Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
- 3.
内心激愤；暗自生气
Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.
- 4.
充满；涌动；熙攘
Of a place: to be filled with many people or things moving about actively; to buzz with activity; also, of people or things: to move about actively in a crowd or group.
- 5.
(地方)充满愤怒或不满的居民；动荡不安。
Of a place: to have inhabitants in an angry or disaffected mood; to be in a state of unrest.
沸腾；翻滚；熙熙攘攘；成群涌动；充满愤怒情绪；动荡不安；沸腾；煮沸；(液体、蒸汽等或其容器)剧烈翻腾,起泡沫,如同沸腾。
用法In use
The water in the pot began to seethe as the heat increased.
用法提示：seethe 此处为动词原形，表示液体剧烈沸腾的物理过程。
She seethed with anger when she heard the unfair criticism.
用法提示：seethed 为过去式，表示内心情绪极度激荡。
The crowd was seething with discontent after the announcement.
用法提示：seething 为现在分词，与 was 构成过去进行时，描述人群情绪激动。
seethe with [emotion]
表示内心强烈的愤怒，常搭配 anger、rage 等情绪名词，可用进行时强调持续状态。
She seethed with anger when she heard the news.
她听到这个消息时怒火中烧。
[place] be seething with [people/activity]
用于地点时，形容人多拥挤、充满活力，be 动词常用过去时或过去进行时。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- seethe with anger
- 怒火中烧；内心充满愤怒
- He was seething with anger but managed to stay calm.他怒火中烧，但还是设法保持了冷静。
- seethe at
- 因…而愤怒
- I seethed at their rude remarks.我对他们粗鲁的言语感到愤怒。
- seethe inside
- 心中暗自发怒；暗中生气
- She seethed inside but said nothing.她内心愤怒，但什么也没说。
- seethe with activity
- 熙熙攘攘；热闹非凡
- The streets seethed with activity during the festival.节日期间街道上熙熙攘攘，热闹非凡。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记：拼写以'see'开头——看见沸水翻滚，就像心里压着怒火：液体在沸腾，人在强忍。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：fiction and narrative prose、news and opinion writing、informal speech about personal annoyance 此处针对“内心愤怒、强压怒火”的义项。seethe 多用于书面或文学叙事，描写人物极力压制的怒火；在口语中表达个人强烈不满时也会出现，整体语域随场合在正式与口语之间变化。
语法说明Grammar Note
作vi.时表示液体沸腾或情绪激动；作vt.时表示使液体沸腾或使浸透。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 seethe 押韵的词有 breathe、wreathe、sheathe、teethe、bequeath，它们的重读元音均为 /iː/，后面都是 /ð/。注意拼写：breathe、wreathe、sheathe 用 ea 拼写，seethe 和 teethe 用 ee 拼写，bequeath 则以 th 结尾（无末尾 e）。另需警惕形近但发音不同的词：scythe /saɪð/、soothe /suːð/、clothe /kləʊð/、loathe /ləʊð/，它们虽然也以 the 结尾，但元音不同，并不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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