seethe
中文来自 ECDICT
- vi.
- 冒泡,沸腾
- vt.
- 使煮沸,使浸透
- n.
- 翻腾
演变路径(由近及远)
原始词根
原始印欧语 *h₂sewt-
词源说明
The verb is derived from Middle English sethen, seeth (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”) [and other forms], from Old English sēoþan (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuþan, from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to boil, seethe”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt-, *h₂sew-, *h₂sut- (“to move about, roil, seethe”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
释义(英文)
动词 Verb
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
- (transitive)