单词 | smouldering |
释义 | smoulderingn. 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.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1483adj.c1400 |
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