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smoulder

/smohl-der/US // ˈsmoʊl dər //UK // (ˈsməʊldə) //

熏陶,熏蒸,熏制,熏染

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : smolder.

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Examples

  • The moon was like a wonderful white lantern in the purple sky; there was but a smoulder of stars.

  • It was strewn in a zigzag line, was lighted at one end, and allowed to smoulder away to the other.

  • Quite large logs could be slipped in and they would lie there and smoulder, lasting sometimes all night.

  • Guillaume told me that he had known fires to smoulder on in grassy glens for weeks together.

  • We lit our fire against its side, so that it soon began to smoulder and gave out a great heat.