English Dictionary

simmer

/ˈsɪmɚ/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 比喩的用法

(intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. / (transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

日本語の意味

弱火で煮る、またはじっくりと加熱する。料理を沸騰点以下の温度で調理することを意味し、他動詞の場合は、食材などを弱火で調理するようにすること。

After adding the stock, let the soup simmer for an hour to develop the flavors.

だしを加えた後、風味を引き出すためにスープを弱火で1時間ほどじっくり煮込んでください。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

The soup simmered on the stove.

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.

意味（3）

(intransitive, figuratively) To be on the point of breaking out into anger; to be agitated.

Maybe that really did happen, and Robin's anger at his wife had simmered for this long?

意味（4）

(intransitive, figuratively) To remain angry with someone or something past the point of exhaustion; to resign oneself to holding a grudge, especially after some failed attempts to resolve a situation.

I tried to get through to him; all that's left for me to do is simmer.

意味（5）

(intransitive, figuratively) To develop gradually, of an idea or plan.

The idea for The Sims was one that had been simmering in Wright's mind for quite some time, and was initially conceived as an architecture simulation.

simmers （ present singular third-person ）

simmering （ participle present ）

simmered （ participle past ）

simmered （ past ）