simmer

英 ['sɪmə] 美['sɪmɚ]

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第三人称单数: simmers;过去式: simmered;过去分词: simmered;现在分词: simmering;

simmer 【联系summer，夏天气温】炖，煨，即将爆发
2. 谐音“细闷”。

simmer 煨，炖，怒火郁积，酝酿

改写自 simperen,煨，炖，可能来自拟声词，模仿水轻微沸腾时发出的汩汩声。引申比喻义怒火郁积，酝酿等。

simmer (v.): 1650s, alteration of simperen "to simmer" (late 15c.), possibly imitative; not thought to be connected to simper (v.). OED says the change is "probably due to a feeling of phonetic appropriateness." Figurative sense, of feelings, "to be agitated" is from 1764. Opposite sense, in simmer down, first recorded 1871, probably from the notion of moving from a full boil to a mere simmer.
I must and will keep shady and quiet till Bret Harte simmers down a little. [Mark Twain, letter, 1871]
Related: Simmered; simmering. The noun meaning "a condition of simmering" is from 1809.

1. To reconstitute dried tomatoes, simmer in plain water until they are tender.: 要泡开西红柿干，需要将其放在清水中用文火炖，直到它们变软。