simmer

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɪmə/    美 /ˈsɪmɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or process of simmering.
    — The kettle was kept on the simmer.
  2. Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims. informal
动词 v.
  1. To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. intransitive
    — The soup simmered on the stove.
  2. To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. transitive
    — Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.
  3. To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated. figuratively,intransitive
    — Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had simmered for this long?
  4. To remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge, especially after some failed attempts to resolve a situation. figuratively,intransitive
    — I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer.
  5. To develop gradually, of an idea or plan. figuratively,intransitive
    — The idea for The Sims was one that had been simmering in Wright's mind for quite some time, and was initially conceived as an architecture simulation.

词形变化

simmers present,singular,third-person simmering participle,present simmered participle,past simmered past simber alternative simber alternative simmers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
asimmer resimmer simmer down simmerer simmeringly simmerstat simmer up

词源

词源 1
From alteration of dialectal simper, from Middle English simperen (“to simmer”), of possibly imitative origin. First attested in the intransitive sense. The noun is from the verb. First attested in the late 15ᵗʰ century.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English sim
English -er
English simmer
From sim (“simulation”, noun) + -er.
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