The campfire smouldered for several hours after the blaze died down.

营火在火焰熄灭后还闷烧了几个小时。

▷smoulder ['sməʊldə] (US smolder)

【释义】When a fire is barely burning, it's smouldering. Fires can smoulder for days without anyone's knowing, then burst into a conflagration that gets the fire department sirens wailing all over town.

to   with  but without 

无火焰地慢慢烧，闷燃

a smouldering 闷燃的火

smouldering 闷燃的余烬

The  was  by a smouldering .大火是由闷燃的烟蒂引起的。

If a  or   smoulders, it  to and may   at any 

（问题或不良局势）持续存在，维持

The  is still smouldering, five  after the  .谈判开始到现在都5年了，争端的暗火仍在燃烧。

If a   smoulders, it , but is  from being

（强烈的情绪）郁积，闷在心头

She was smouldering with  as she  how her  had been .她强压着满腔的怒火，叙述了儿子被害的经过。

A  who smoulders has   or   but does not  them

欲火中烧；心驰神往

He  at her with smouldering ,  she wasn't .他那双充满欲望的眼睛直勾勾地盯着她，心里希望她还没有结婚。

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