单词 | to froth over |
释义 | > as lemmasto froth over 4. To bespatter or cover with or as with froth or foam. Also, to froth over (something). figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > charge with air or gas to cause effervescence [verb (transitive)] > cause to foam or froth > cover with foam or froth befoam1605 froth1771 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 238 He suddenly bolted out..his face frothed up to the eyes with soap lather. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vi. v. 6 The foam frothed his limbs. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxx. 415 Foam pours out from his jaws till it froths his beard. 1885 O. W. Holmes Mortal Antipathy Introd. (1886) 4 A certain amount of sentiment..somewhat frothed over by his worldly experiences. < as lemmas |
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