单词 | effervesce |
释义 | effervesce (once / 4367 pages) v When things effervesce, they fizz and froth like a carbonated drink. Champagne is a well known sweet wine that effervesces. Anything that bubbles in a foamy, frothy way can be said to effervesce. Soda poured over ice in a glass effervesces, and waves on a beach sometimes effervesce as they break, leaving tiny bubbles on the sand. Things that are bubbly or carbonated are effervescent — and both words come from a Latin root, effervescere, "to boil up or boil over," combining ex, "out," and fervescere, "begin to boil." WORD FAMILYeffervesce: effervesced, effervescent, effervesces, effervescing+/effervescence: effervescences/effervescent: effervescence, effervescently, noneffervescent USAGE EXAMPLESIn that sense, listening to so many era-defining hits effervesce into the nothingness of the California night felt uniquely sobering. Washington Post(Oct 11, 2016) If so, even as brains effervesce with newborn neurons, the brain might be less able to recall what its owner had learned and experienced before. New York Times(Aug 24, 2016) Sentiments like that had effervesced online for weeks. Washington Post(Jul 25, 2016) v become bubbly or frothy or foaming Syn|Hypo|Hyper fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle lather form a lather seethefoam as if boiling bubble form, produce, or emit bubbles |
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