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seethe

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v.沸腾

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seethe为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:seethed 过去分词:seethed 现在分词:seething 第三人称单数:seethes

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seethe


/si:ð; sið/
v
1 [I] (of liquids) bubble and froth as if boiling (指液体)起泡, 冒泡(似沸腾)
*They fell into the seething waters of the rapids. 他们跌进了翻腾的急流中.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth)
(a) be crowded 拥挤
*streets seething with excited crowds 群情激动十分拥挤的街道.
(b) (usu in the continuous tenses 通常用于进行时态) be very angry, agitated, etc 非常气愤、激动等
*She was seething (with rage) at his remarks. 对于他的说法, 她(气得)火冒三丈.

seethe


v [I]
[Language: Old English;Origin: seothan 'to boil']
to feel an emotion, especially anger, so strongly that you are almost shaking
= fumeseethe with
 He was seething with anger.
 I was absolutely seething.
be seething (with sth)
if a place is seething with people, insects etc, there are a lot of them all moving quickly in different directions
 The cellar was seething with spiders.