Seethe



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 沸腾, 汹涌
• ［英］ v. 沸腾, 汹涌 ( to be in a state of rapid agitated movement)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: see ( 看) +the;连句: see the sea to seethe ( 看大海汹涌)
• ［例］ Look down into the seething sea around the rocks.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (seethed; seething)

• Etymology: Middle English sethen, from Old English sēothan; akin to Old High German siodan to seethe and probably to Old Lithuanian siausti (it) storms, rages
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. archaic boil, stew
  • 2. to soak or saturate in a liquid
• intransitive verb
  • 1. archaic boil
  • 2.
    • a. to be in a state of rapid agitated movement
    • b. to churn or foam as if boiling
  • 3. to suffer violent internal excitement <seethe with jealousy>

II. noun

• Date: 1816
• a state of seething ; ebullition

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