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smoulder 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze"
  2. smolder: have strong suppressed feelings
  3. smolder: burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
  4. (smouldering) smoldering: showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel
  5. Smouldering (or smoldering) is the slow, low-temperature, flameless form of combustion, sustained by the heat evolved when oxygen directly attacks the surface of a condensed-phase fuel . ...
  6. Alternative form of smolder
  7. (SMOULDERING) To burn and probably smoke without flame; to exist in a state of suppressed activity. Can result in high heat release when oxygen is plentiful.
  8. A fire where either the fuel or temperature is insufficient to create flames. This type of fire creates a great deal of smoke.