| 单词 | bubble |
| 释义 | bubble (once / 396 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A bubble is a floating ball of air. You can also blow a bubble with gum. If you’re in your own little bubble, you’re living in a fantasy, separated from the rest of the world by a thin layer of your imagination. Whether you're blowing bubbles in the park or enjoying a bubble bath, those physical bubbles are made of liquid and gas. If something bubbles up, it comes to the surface. That can be an actual bubble or a just a feeling. A bubble can also be an idea that won’t work either because it’s a fantasy or because it’s an uncontrollable scheme, like a housing or economic bubble. The thing about bubbles is that they burst. WORD FAMILYbubble: bubbled, bubbler, bubbles, bubbling, bubbly+/bubbling: bubblingest, bubblingly/bubbly: bubblier, bubblies, bubbliest, bubbliness USAGE EXAMPLESSlowly, a pinch of doubt about the bold move that Duncan was attempting bubbled to the surface. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Let’s examine each of these bubbles to see why. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) The Austrian innovation produces small physical bubbles in an area above its touchscreen which delivers refresh double lines of dynamic Braille. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) Hypo|Hyper air bubble a bubble of air foam, frotha mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid soap bubblea bubble formed by a thin soap film shaving foamtoiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving headthe foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container latherthe foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse) lather, soapsuds, sudsthe froth produced by soaps or detergents spumefoam or froth on the sea white water, whitewaterfrothy water as in rapids or waterfalls globule a small globe or ball 2n a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic Hyper covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) 3v form, produce, or emit bubbles The soup was bubbling Hypo|Hyper effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle become bubbly or frothy or foaming latherform a lather seethefoam as if boiling breathe, emit, pass off expel (gases or odors) 4v expel gas from the stomach Syn|Hyper belch, burp, eruct breathe, emit, pass off expel (gases or odors) 5v cause to form bubbles bubble gas through a liquid Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 6v rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles bubble to the surface Hyper arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise move upward 7v flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise 2Syn|Hyper babble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple gurgle make sounds similar to gurgling water go, sound make a certain noise or sound n an impracticable and illusory idea 3he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble Hyper fancy, fantasy, illusion, phantasy something many people believe that is false n a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control a real estate bubble Syn|Hyper house of cards scheme, strategy an elaborate and systematic plan of action |
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