Simmer

(noun.) temperature just below the boiling point; 'the stew remained at a simmer for hours'.

(verb.) boil slowly at low temperature; 'simmer the sauce'; 'simmering water'.

录入:莱斯特

• I'll let it simmer, and see what comes of it, he said, with a secret suspicion all the while that it wasn't genius, but something far more common. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• When the varnish has ceased to simmer, the plate is withdrawn from the heat and left to cool and dry in a gentle temperature, and protected from a damp atmosphere. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Mr. Thesiger's manner had so much quiet propriety that objectors could only simmer in silence. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It's simmering now, so I hope he'll keep out of my way, returned Jo, biting her lips as she glowered at Fred from under her big hat. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Temple Bar gets so hot that it is, to the adjacent Strand and Fleet Street, what a heater is in an urn, and keeps them simmering all night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• This is suggested by flame, simmering liquids, the excitement of heat by motion, the extinction of fire by compression, etc. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It's genius simmering, perhaps. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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