seethe

seethe
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a liquid) bubble up as a result of being boiled
    （液体）沸腾，冒泡
    the brew foamed and seethed.
    饮料起泡沸腾了。
    ■[with obj.](archaic)cook (food) by boiling it in a liquid
    (古)煮（食物）
    others were cut into joints and seethed in cauldrons made of the animal's own skins.
    其余部分被切成大块肉放在用这个动物自己的皮做成的大锅里煮。
    ■(of a river or the sea) foam as if it were boiling; be turbulent
    （河，海）起泡；翻腾
    the grey ocean seethed.
    灰暗的大海翻腾了。
    ■[no obj.](of a person) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger
    （人）怒火中烧，生闷气
    inwardly he was seething at the slight to his authority.
    对于对他权威的轻视他内心很生气。
    ■(of a place) be crowded with people or things moving about in a rapid or hectic way
    （地方）熙熙攘攘
    the entire cellar was seething with spiders.
    整个地窖爬满了蜘蛛。
    the village seethed with life.
    这村子一片生机。
    ■[with adverbial of direction](of a crowd of people) move in a rapid or hectic way
    （人群）蜂拥
    we cascaded down the stairs and seethed across the station.
    我们奔下楼梯，快速穿过车站。
    [as adj. seething]the seething mass of commuters.
    熙熙攘攘的上下班乘客。
派生
seethingly
adverb
语源
  1. Old English sēothan make or keep boiling, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieden
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