英语词汇“spume”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

As a noun, spume means the froth you find on sea water. As a verb, it means to make frothy, as in...well...frothy seawater.

If you've ever wondered why seawater produces so much froth, note that the bubbles come from high concentrations of surfactants, or organic material in the water. The spuming, or bubbling action happens when breaking waves introduce air into the water and then trap it in bubble form. To remember spume, just think about the foam that washes up on the beach and sticks there for a time. You could be forgiven for thinking of it as what the ocean spews forth.

VOCABULARY SHOUT-OUT

Eleanor Catton Wins Man Booker Prize With "Spume"

Eleanor Catton was awarded the Man Booker Prize earlier this week for her novel The Luminaries, described by The New York Times as "an immersive tale set in 19th-century New Zealand that explores identity, greed and human frailty." Told in a voice reminiscent of its setting, the novel is a treasure trove for vocabularians, introducing words as rich and rare as spume, which Catton uses when she writes:

The strictness and uniformity with which the men ignored him might have aroused Mr. Moody's interest, had he been himself in body and temperament. As it was, he was queasy and disturbed. He had known the voyage to West Canterbury would be fatal at worst, an endless rolling trough of white water and spume that ended on the shattered graveyard of the Hokitika bar, but he had not been prepared for the particular horrors of the journey, of which he was still incapable of speaking, even to himself.

Catton uses spume in this passage in its noun form. It means the froth you find in seawater. As a verb, spume means to froth or make bubbly. It derives from the Latin spuma, which went on also to produce the word for the Italian molded ice cream dessert spumoni. But the Italian word you might want to remember is cappuccino, as the required foaming of milk might remind you of the foaming, or spuming, of the sea.

WORD FAMILY

spume: spumed, spumes, spuming, spumy

USAGE EXAMPLES

In the western ocean it harried the sea flat, lifting water bodily out of water and carrying it as spume.

T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958)

At the stroke of 10, gray fog spumed across the turnstiles.

New York Times(Nov 11, 2014)

The huge engine of the Cadillac roared; white smoke spumed from the tailpipe.

Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex: A Novel(2002)

1n foam or froth on the sea

Hyper

foam, froth

a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid

2v make froth or foam and become bubbly

Syn|Hyper

froth, suds

create, make

make or cause to be or to become

单词	spume
释义	spume (once / 18761 pages) nv As a noun, spume means the froth you find on sea water. As a verb, it means to make frothy, as in...well...frothy seawater. If you've ever wondered why seawater produces so much froth, note that the bubbles come from high concentrations of surfactants, or organic material in the water. The spuming, or bubbling action happens when breaking waves introduce air into the water and then trap it in bubble form. To remember spume, just think about the foam that washes up on the beach and sticks there for a time. You could be forgiven for thinking of it as what the ocean spews forth. VOCABULARY SHOUT-OUT Eleanor Catton Wins Man Booker Prize With "Spume" Eleanor Catton was awarded the Man Booker Prize earlier this week for her novel The Luminaries, described by The New York Times as "an immersive tale set in 19th-century New Zealand that explores identity, greed and human frailty." Told in a voice reminiscent of its setting, the novel is a treasure trove for vocabularians, introducing words as rich and rare as spume, which Catton uses when she writes: The strictness and uniformity with which the men ignored him might have aroused Mr. Moody's interest, had he been himself in body and temperament. As it was, he was queasy and disturbed. He had known the voyage to West Canterbury would be fatal at worst, an endless rolling trough of white water and spume that ended on the shattered graveyard of the Hokitika bar, but he had not been prepared for the particular horrors of the journey, of which he was still incapable of speaking, even to himself. Catton uses spume in this passage in its noun form. It means the froth you find in seawater. As a verb, spume means to froth or make bubbly. It derives from the Latin spuma, which went on also to produce the word for the Italian molded ice cream dessert spumoni. But the Italian word you might want to remember is cappuccino, as the required foaming of milk might remind you of the foaming, or spuming, of the sea. WORD FAMILY spume: spumed, spumes, spuming, spumy USAGE EXAMPLES In the western ocean it harried the sea flat, lifting water bodily out of water and carrying it as spume. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) At the stroke of 10, gray fog spumed across the turnstiles. New York Times(Nov 11, 2014) The huge engine of the Cadillac roared; white smoke spumed from the tailpipe. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex: A Novel(2002) 1n foam or froth on the sea Hyper foam, froth a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid 2v make froth or foam and become bubbly Syn\|Hyper froth, suds create, make make or cause to be or to become
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