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单词 smouldering
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smoulderingn.

/ˈsməʊldərɪŋ/
Etymology: < smoulder v.
The action of the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] > burning with passion > inwardly or latently
smouldering1483
simmer1769
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > burning without flame
smouldering1483
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] > suppression of feelings > state of
smouldering1837
smoulderingness1849
1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 156/3 They made therin a grete smolderyng of smoke for to dysease hym.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxviii. 2) The smooldering itself will compel him to let in the water.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 199 Forty years of that smouldering.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 2/2 Smouldering is often more difficult to deal with than open flame.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

smoulderingadj.

Etymology: < smoulder v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmouldering.
1. Smothering, suffocating, stifling. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > and stifling or close
smoulderingc1400
bloomy1620
choky1690
pothery1696
stifling1737
stifled1824
stuffy1831
smudgy1847
stived1847
stivy1849
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 955 Al in smolderande smoke smachande ful ille.
1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 43 His actes be like the smoldering smoke.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. v. sig. Q4v The smouldring dust did rownd about him smoke.
1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xvii, in Poems 8 While the red fire, and smouldring clouds out brake.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 118 Clouds of smouldring Smoke, forbad the Sacrifice. View more context for this quotation
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. 492 Sulphureous odors rose, and smould'ring smoke.
2. Smoky; giving out smoke. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to smoke > emitting smoke
reekingOE
smoky1310
smokingc1374
smooking?a1513
fumish1574
smouldering1577
smeekyc1600
smudgy1878
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. ix. sig. Dv/2 Leaste while hee goeth aboute to auoyde the smoulthering coalepitte hee happ to fall into the scalding lyme kill.
1767 R. Jago Edge-hill iii. 491 From russet Lawns, and smould'ring Furnaces, To trace the Progress of thy steely Arts.
3.
a. Burning slowly and without flame.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > burning without flame
smothering1563
punky1803
smouldering1832
1832 H. Martineau Weal & Woe ii. 18 The widow..applied more fuel to her smouldering fire.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxiv. 343 When any stray drops of rain fell hissing on the smouldering embers.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly III. x. 160 He only stared into the smouldering wood before him.
b. In figurative contexts.
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1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (U.K. ed.) xxxv All the smouldering embers of womanly feeling flashed up.
1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 243 It is not a pleasant duty to rake up the smouldering embers of ancient controversies.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxv. 343 The smouldering fires of Arthur's wrath.
c. figurative. Existing or continuing in a state of suppression or restraint.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > of feelings, etc.
smothered1607
stifleda1643
smouldering1817
bottled1840
undercurrent1855
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > burning or inflamed (of passions) > inwardly or latently
smouldering1817
simmering1843
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. xi. 273 I subdued it into a sort of smouldering heart-burning.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 45 A little smouldering vague anxiety.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 56 The continuous smouldering activity of the true rheumatic process.
d. Glowing with a dull light.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glowing
burningc1000
glowingc1000
flaming?a1400
rutilanta1460
glenta1529
steaminga1542
ardent1603
flaring1633
glowy1670
aflame1680
coalish1686
flushing1728
incandescent1867
smouldering1898
1898 A. Conan Doyle Trag. Korosko iv Belmont, looking with smouldering eyes at the wretched Mansoor.
1904 E. F. Benson Challoners i The dusky smouldering gold of her hair.

Derivatives

ˈsmoulderingly adv.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adverb] > without flame
a-smoulder1880
smoulderingly1893
1893 F. Thompson Poems 76 The verge shrivelled inward smoulderingly.
smoulderingness n.
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the mind > emotion > [noun] > trace of an emotion
sparkc888
remain1594
resentment1622
smoulderingness1849
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] > suppression of feelings > state of
smouldering1837
smoulderingness1849
1849 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. Introd. A smothered smoulderingness of disposition seldom roused to open flame.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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