Reader's Digest三月号の記事 'THE DRIVE OF HIS LIFE, a cabbie, his kidknapper, and the unlikely conncection that redeemed them' からの引用です。
Ma was terrified. But Nayeri did not grab the gun and shoot the cabdriver. He did not haul the old man outside and, in the shadows of the motel, slit his throat. Nayeri simply retreated to a corner. For another night, the four watched one another and, as they went to bed, stewed in the frustration that filled the room.
"stewed" は4/9/2009にとりあげた "Don't stew" の "stew" と同じ意味ですね。 又、10/21/2015に慣用句の " stew in one's own juice" を取り上げています。
"stew" の意味を辞書で再確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: informal [no object] Worry about something, especially on one's own.: I packed and did laundry and stewed and fussed and worried until 1 a.m. but I think we're back on track.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to be angry or worried: You're not still stewing about what happened yesterday, are you?
Ma was terrified. But Nayeri did not grab the gun and shoot the cabdriver. He did not haul the old man outside and, in the shadows of the motel, slit his throat. Nayeri simply retreated to a corner. For another night, the four watched one another and, as they went to bed, stewed in the frustration that filled the room.
"stewed" は4/9/2009にとりあげた "Don't stew" の "stew" と同じ意味ですね。 又、10/21/2015に慣用句の " stew in one's own juice" を取り上げています。
"stew" の意味を辞書で再確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: informal [no object] Worry about something, especially on one's own.: I packed and did laundry and stewed and fussed and worried until 1 a.m. but I think we're back on track.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to be angry or worried: You're not still stewing about what happened yesterday, are you?
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