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. WORD FAMILYspume: spumed, spumes, spuming, spumy USAGE EXAMPLESIn 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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