Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - smoulder
Связанные словари
Smoulder
smoulder
(smoulders, smouldering, smouldered) Note: in AM, use 'smolder' 1. If something smoulders, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames. A number of buildings around the Parliament were still smouldering today... VERB: V 2. If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it. Baxter smouldered as he drove home for lunch... VERB: V 3. If you say that someone smoulders, you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way. Melanie Griffith seems to smoulder with sexuality... VERB: V
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
v. & n. (US smolder) --v.intr. 1 burn slowly with smoke but without a flame; slowly burn internally or invisibly. 2 (of emotions etc.) exist in a suppressed or concealed state. 3 (of a person) show silent or suppressed anger, hatred, etc. --n. a smouldering or slow-burning fire. Etymology: ME, rel. to LG sm{ouml}ln, MDu. sm{ouml}len SMRITI n. Hindu traditional teachings on religion etc. Etymology: Skr. smrti remembrance ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. (удушливый) дым 2. тлеющий огонь the smoulder will soon be a flame —- из искры возгорится пламя 3. гореть медленно, бездымно; тлеть 4. теплиться (о чувствах) smouldering hatred (discontent) —- затаенная ненависть (-ое недовольство) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
1. noun тлеющий огонь 2. v. 1) тлеть 2) теплиться (о чувствах); Her anger smouldered in her heart long after the quarrel was finished. ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ BrE, smolder AmE v 1 if something such as wood smoulders, it burns slowly without a flame (a smouldering log) 2 if someone smoulders or if their feelings smoulder, they have strong feelings that they do not express (He sensed a smouldering hostility towards him. | smoulder with passion/anger) (The workforce were smouldering with discontent.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 1156 | |
2 | 812 | |
3 | 774 | |
4 | 772 | |
5 | 730 | |
6 | 700 | |
7 | 694 | |
8 | 690 | |
9 | 664 | |
10 | 656 | |
11 | 653 | |
12 | 634 | |
13 | 630 | |
14 | 619 | |
15 | 609 | |
16 | 604 | |
17 | 603 | |
18 | 598 | |
19 | 597 | |
20 | 596 |