单词 | simmer |
释义 | sim·mer I. intransitive verb 1. < cover with water and let simmer four hours > < an iron pot … simmering in one corner — American Guide Series: Tennessee > 2. a. < manages to keep about four plots constantly simmering — Martin Levin > < a crisis began to simmer a fortnight ago — Time > b. < this family … simmers with hostilities — Brooks Atkinson > < underneath these well-mannered exchanges there will continue to simmer a deeply felt … irritation — H.G.Nicholas > transitive verb < simmer the meat until tender > < fruits which are to be kept whole should be simmered — Marjorie M. Heseltine & Ula M. Dow > II. 1. < the bubble and simmer of a stew > < crowded tenement houses, always on the simmer with crime — Fortnight > 2. < electric ranges now can be adjusted for … degrees of heat, from simmer to superhot — House Beautiful > < that simmer of sun — Ira Wolfert > III. Scotland variant of summer |
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