Simmer
['sɪmə] or ['sɪmɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) temperature just below the boiling point; 'the stew remained at a simmer for hours'.
(verb.) boil slowly at low temperature; 'simmer the sauce'; 'simmering water'.
錄入:莱斯特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
(v. t.) To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Boil (gently), seethe, stew.
格雷琴編輯
解釋/意思:
v.i. to boil with a gentle hissing sound: to be on the point of boiling out as into anger.—n. a gentle heating.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I'll let it simmer, and see what comes of it, he said, with a secret suspicion all the while that it wasn't genius, but something far more common. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- When the varnish has ceased to simmer, the plate is withdrawn from the heat and left to cool and dry in a gentle temperature, and protected from a damp atmosphere. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Mr. Thesiger's manner had so much quiet propriety that objectors could only simmer in silence. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It's simmering now, so I hope he'll keep out of my way, returned Jo, biting her lips as she glowered at Fred from under her big hat. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Temple Bar gets so hot that it is, to the adjacent Strand and Fleet Street, what a heater is in an urn, and keeps them simmering all night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- This is suggested by flame, simmering liquids, the excitement of heat by motion, the extinction of fire by compression, etc. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It's genius simmering, perhaps. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
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