
fuming 是一个形容词/动词现在分词,意为"极其愤怒的,怒气冲冲的";也可指"冒烟的,散发烟雾的"。最常见的用法是形容一个人非常生气、怒不可遏。
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She was fuming after waiting two hours for the bus.
她等了两个小时的公交车后怒不可遏。
The manager was absolutely fuming when he discovered that the report had been submitted with critical errors that could have been easily avoided.
当经理发现报告中有本可以轻易避免的重大错误时,他气得怒火中烧。
fuming 源自动词 fume,而 fume 来自古法语 fumer(冒烟),最终追溯到拉丁语 fumare,意为"冒烟、散发气体"。最初指的是字面意义上的冒烟或蒸气,后来引申为比喻义,形容一个人像在"冒烟"一样愤怒,就像中文里说"气冒烟了"一样形象。