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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。
闷烧
smoldered — past of smolder
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闷烧
burn slowly and without a flame
The wet wood smoldered in the fireplace.
湿木在壁炉里闷烧着。
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。
To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
以受压制或隐蔽的状态存在。
To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.
smolder
Base
原形
smolders
3rd person
第三人称单数
smoldering
-ing
现在分词
smoldered
Past
过去式
smoldered
Past participle
过去分词
The fire smolders under the ashes.
火在灰烬下闷烧。
The campfire smoldered all night.
篝火闷烧了一整夜。
The coals are smoldering in the grate.
煤块在炉格里闷烧着。
规则动词；过去式和过去分词均为 smoldered。
The campfire was still smoldering an hour after we put it out.
我们熄灭篝火一小时后，它仍在闷烧。
The damp leaves in the garden smoldered for hours before finally going out.
花园里的湿树叶闷烧了好几个小时才终于熄灭。
A forgotten cigarette smolders in the ashtray, sending up a thin thread of smoke.
一支被遗忘的香烟在烟灰缸里闷烧，升起一缕细烟。
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。
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。
Not this
He smoldered the letter after reading it.
Use this
The letter smoldered after he read it.
smolder 是不及物动词，不能直接接宾语；表示“某物阴燃”时主语应为燃烧物本身，而不是人或其他施动者。
Not this
He smoldered resentment for years.
Use this
He smoldered with resentment for years.
表示“郁积（情绪）”时，smolder 后需用介词 with 引出情绪，不能把情绪当作宾语；smolder 本身仍是不及物动词。
Not this
The candle smoldered all night to light the room.
Use this
The candle burned all night to light the room.
smolder 指无火焰的闷烧、阴燃，蜡烛正常发光发热用 burn；用 smolder 会让人误以为它在冒烟而不是正常燃烧。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
这叫“炽热眼神”。
In Tangled, Flynn Rider does the smolder to charm the palace guards.
在《魔发奇缘》中，弗林·莱德用“炽热眼神”迷住了皇家卫兵。
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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。
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。
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。
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