-
VERB
(有烟、无火焰地)闷烧,阴燃
If something smoulders, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames.
例句
A number of buildings around the Parliament were still smouldering today...
国会周围的一些大楼今天还在冒烟。
Whole blocks had been turned into smouldering rubble.
整座整座的街区都变成了一堆冒着青烟的瓦砾。
-
VERB
(愤怒、仇恨等)郁积,憋在心里
If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it.
例句
Baxter smouldered as he drove home for lunch...
巴克斯特开车回家吃午饭的路上,心里一直憋着一团火。
That's a lot of people smouldering with resentment...
许多人的心里都在愤愤不平。
-
VERB
性感迷人
If you say that someone smoulders, you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way.
例句
Melanie Griffith seems to smoulder with sexuality...
梅拉妮·格里菲思显得很性感。
His darkly smouldering eyes never left her face.
他那双性感迷人的黑眼睛一直盯着她的面庞。