simmer

英语

发音

(通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈsɪmɚ/
(标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈsɪmə/
（英国南部）音频： (档案)
韵部：-ɪmə(ɹ)

词源 1

方言词simper的变换形式，源自中古英语 simperen (“炖”)，可能是拟声词。最早记录是不及物动词。名词源自动词。首次记录于15世纪末叶。

其他形式

simber (弃用)

动词

simmer (第三人称单数简单现在时 simmers，现在分词 simmering，一般过去时及过去分词 simmered)

(不及物) 煨，炖（自17世纪中叶）
The soup simmered on the stove.
炉子上在炖汤。
- 1945 January and February, “Notes and News: American Locomotives in France”, 出自 Railway Magazine，页号 46:
  The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing.
  （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
- 2004, Susan Westmoreland, The Good Housekeeping Cookbook, Hearst Books, →ISBN，页号 89:
  That way, the heat can circulate under the meat and prevent it from simmering in its juices.
  （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
(及物) 煨，炖
近义词： coddle

同类词： bake、sauté

Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.
炖汤5分钟后再上。
- 1981, Phyllis Hobson, Easy Game Cookery, Storey Publishing, →ISBN，页号 2:
  There are other easy ways you can bake and simmer and sauté wild game without qualifying as a gourmet cook.
  （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
(不及物，比喻义) 快要发火，在发火的边缘，激动（自18世纪60年代）
- 2006, Earl Ganz, The Taos Truth Game, UNM Press, →ISBN:
  Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had simmered for this long?
  （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
(不及物，比喻义) （尤指一系列解决问题的努力没有结果后）记仇，怀恨在心，心怀芥蒂
I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer.
我本来试着解释给他的，现在我除了恼火已经束手无策了。
(不及物，比喻义) 计划，规划，酝酿
近义词： gestate、ferment
- 2003, Mark H. Walker, Games That Sell!, Wordware Publishing, Inc., →ISBN，页号 162:
  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.
  （请为本引文添加中文翻译）