fume
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
to be very angry about something （对…）大为生气，十分恼火 - fume (at/over/about somebody/something)
She sat in the car, silently fuming at the traffic jam. 她坐在汽车里，心中对交通堵塞感到十分恼火。 - fume (with something)
He was fuming with indignation. 他愤愤不平。 - + speech
‘This is intolerable!’ she fumed. “这真让人不可容忍！” 她怒气冲冲地说。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2Motorists were left fuming as police closed the motorway for six hours. 警察将高速公路封锁了6 小时，司机都怒气冲冲 。 Hurry up or else he'll be fuming mad. 快点儿，不然的话他会气得发疯的。 He sat fuming over what he had just learnt. 他坐在那里对刚得知的事感到怒不可遏。 She was still quietly fuming about Peter's remarks. 她心里仍对彼得的话憋了一肚子火。 Tracy was positively fuming over the loss of her phone. 特蕾西因为手机丢了而极其恼火。 We were all fuming at the delay. 我们都对这次耽搁十分恼火。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- inwardly
- quietly
- silently
- …
- about
- over
- at
- …
- fuming mad
- be left fuming
- be positively fuming
- …
- fume (at/over/about somebody/something)
- [intransitive]
to produce smoke or fumes 冒烟；冒气
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fumer (verb), from Latin fumare ‘to smoke’.