seethe

verb

/siːð/

[intransitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they seethe	/siːð/ /siːð/
he / she / it seethes	/siːðz/ /siːðz/
past simple seethed	/siːðd/ /siːðd/
past participle seethed	/siːðd/ /siːðd/
-ing form seething	/ˈsiːðɪŋ/ /ˈsiːðɪŋ/

to be extremely angry about something but to try not to show other people how angry you are强压怒火；生闷气 synonym fume
- She seethed silently in the corner.她在角落里默默地生闷气。
- seethe with something He marched off, seething with frustration.他大为失望，气呼呼地走开了。
- seethe at something Inwardly he was seething at this challenge to his authority.他因权威受到挑战而怒火中烧。
- She was seething at the insult.听到这些辱骂，她愤怒不已。
Topics Feelingsc2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- inwardly
- privately
- quietly
- …
preposition
- at
- with
seethe (with something) (of a place地方) to be full of a lot of people or animals, especially when they are all moving around充满，遍布，到处都是（人、动物）
- The resort is seething with tourists all year round.这处名胜一年四季游人如织。
- He became caught up in a seething mass of arms and legs.他被卷进了摩肩接踵的人群。
(literary) (of liquids液体) to move around quickly and violently翻滚；翻腾；涌动
- The grey ocean seethed beneath them.灰蒙蒙的大海在他们下面翻滚。

词源Old English sēothan ‘make or keep boiling’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieden.