seethe

verb
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[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they seethe
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he / she / it seethes
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past simple seethed
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past participle seethed
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-ing form seething
🔊/ˈsiːðɪŋ/
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  1. 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
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • inwardly
    • privately
    • quietly
    preposition
    • at
    • with
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  2. 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。🔊🔊
  3. (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。🔊🔊
  4. Word OriginOld English sēothan ‘make or keep boiling’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieden.