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单词 spume
释义 spume
I. \ˈspyüm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French espume, spume, from Latin spuma — more at foam
: frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation : froth, foam, scum
 < shore encumbered by rain-washed boulders and ruffed with sea spume — Han Suyin >
 < swung down the gleaming incline while long feathers of spume streamed out behind his boots — J.R.Ullman >
 < spat forth among men a spume of things impure — H.O.Taylor >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
: froth, foam
 < a waterfall … steaming and spuming among the pebbles — Frederic Prokosch >
 < the yellow bench of reef spuming with surf — John Dos Passos >
transitive verb
: to discharge or spout (something) like froth or foam — often used with forth
 < volcanoes spume forth fire and lava >
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