Word · Frequency #14797
smolder
闷烧
burn slowly and without a flame
- 1.
To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
表现出压抑的愤怒、受抑制的心理动荡或其他强烈情感(如激情)的迹象。
- 2.
To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.
以受压制或隐蔽的状态存在。
郁积；压抑；表现出压抑的愤怒、受抑制的心理动荡或其他强烈情感(如激情)的迹象。；以受压制或隐蔽的状态存在。；郁积
In use
The campfire was still smoldering an hour after we put it out.
The damp leaves in the garden smoldered for hours before finally going out.
A forgotten cigarette smolders in the ashtray, sending up a thin thread of smoke.
smolder (in/on/under + place)
Smolder 指无明火的缓慢燃烧，常后接地点状语。
The wet wood smoldered in the fireplace.
湿木在壁炉里闷烧着。
smolder with + emotion
主语通常为人，with 后接表示情绪的名词，表示强压而未爆发的情感。
She smoldered with barely controlled anger.
她强自按捺着满腔怒火。
Verb forms
base smolder · third person smolders · -ing smoldering · past smoldered · past participle smoldered
规则动词；过去式和过去分词均为 smoldered。
Connections
Collocations
- smolder with anger
- 压抑着怒火
- He smoldered with anger but forced a polite smile.他压抑着怒火，却勉强挤出一个礼貌的微笑。
- smolder beneath the surface
- 在表面下郁积
- Resentment smoldered beneath the surface of their polite conversation.怨恨在他们礼貌的谈话表面下郁积。
- smolder in the ashes
- 在灰烬中闷烧
- The fire smoldered in the ashes for hours after the flames died down.火焰熄灭后，火在灰烬中闷烧了好几个小时。
- smolder for years
- 郁积多年
- The conflict smoldered for years before finally erupting into war.这场冲突郁积多年，最终爆发为战争。
Pop culture & quotes
- It's called the smolder.
- 这叫“炽热眼神”。In Tangled, Flynn Rider does the smolder to charm the palace guards.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
smolder 里有 mold（霉）——湿木头发霉后闷烧，不起火苗，像压抑的情绪在心底慢慢烧。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：describing a slow-burning fire or embers、describing suppressed anger or emotions 该词有两个常见用法：指物体无火焰地缓慢燃烧时，属中性描述，口语和书面语都可用；指愤怒等情绪被压抑、暗自涌动时，多用于文学或新闻报道等较正式的书面语境。日常口语中表示情绪时较少直接用该词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 smolder 一样以 /əʊldə/ 结尾，构成真实押韵：older, bolder, colder, holder, boulder, shoulder。注意拼写相似的 soldier /ˈsəʊldʒə/ 和 solder（/ˈsɒldə/ 或 /ˈsɑːdər/）并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
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