( <美> 亦作 smolder)
no obj.
1- burn slowly with smoke but no flame（有烟而无火苗地）阴燃：
the bonfire still smouldered, the smoke drifting over the paddock.
篝火仍有余烬, 烟雾萦绕在围场上空。
1.1
- show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion流露（或感觉到）难以抑制的怒火（或仇恨等强烈感情）：
Anna smouldered with indignation
安娜义愤填膺
as adj. smouldering he met her smouldering eyes.他直视她那冒着怒火的双眼。
1.2
- exist in a suppressed or concealed state郁积, 被抑制：
the controversy smouldered on for several years
这场论争暗中酝酿好几年了
as adj. smouldering smouldering rage.暗中燃烧的怒火。
mass noun
- smoke coming from a fire that is burning slowly without a flame燃烟, 暗火, （无火苗的）阴燃：
the last acrid smoulder of his cigarette.
他香烟最后的刺鼻燃烟。
派生词
smoulderingly
adverb词源
late Middle English: related to Dutch smeulen.