sizzle

sizzle
verb
[no obj.]
  1. (of food) make a hissing sound when frying or cooking
    (食物油煎或煮时)发出咝咝声
    the bacon began to sizzle in the pan.
    熏咸肉开始在煎锅里咝咝作响。
    ■[often as adj. sizzling](informal)be very hot
    (非正式)非常热
    the sizzling summer temperatures.
    炎热的夏日气温。
    ■[often as adj. sizzling](informal)be very exciting or passionate, especially sexually
    (非正式)(尤指性爱方面)非常兴奋的,非常激情的
    that was the start of a sizzling affair.
    那是兴奋房事的开始。
noun
  1. [in sing.]a hissing sound, as of food frying or cooking
    咝咝声
    the sizzle of hot dogs.
    煎热狗时的咝咝声。
    ■[mass noun](informal)a state or quality of great excitement or passion
    (非正式)极其兴奋;热情
    it would be a waste not to cast him in roles requiring some sexual sizzle.
    若不让他演性欲强烈的角色,简直是埋没了他。
派生
sizzler
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: imitative
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