simmer

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

simmers

V_ing/Gerund

simmering

V_ed/pp

simmeredsimber

1.
(intransitive)To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
The soup simmered on the stove.
2.
(transitive)To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.
Đồng nghĩa: coddle
3.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated.
4.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) 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.
I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer.
5.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To develop gradually, of an idea or plan.
Đồng nghĩa: gestate, ferment

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

simbersimmers

1.
The state or process of simmering.
The kettle was kept on the simmer.
2.
(informal)(informal, video games) Someone who plays a sim (a simulation game), particularly The Sims.

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Đồng nghĩa

coddlegestateferment

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

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. late 15th century.