释义 |
Noun: bubble búb(u)l- A hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
- A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
"a real estate bubble" - house of cards - An impracticable and illusory idea
"he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" - A dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
Verb: bubble búb(u)l- Form, produce, or emit bubbles
"The soup was bubbling" - Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- ripple, babble, guggle, burble, gurgle - Rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
"bubble to the surface" - Cause to form bubbles
"bubble gas through a liquid" - Expel gas from the stomach
- burp, belch, eruct
Derived forms: bubbles, bubbling, bubbled See also: bubble over, bubbler [N. Amer], bubbly Type of: alter, arise, breathe, change, come up, covering, emit, fancy, fantasy, globule, go, go up, illusion, lift, modify, move up, pass off, phantasy [archaic], rise, scheme, sound, strategy, uprise Encyclopedia: Bubble Bubble, Bubble, Toil And Trouble |