Bubble



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• v.起泡; n.气泡, 水泡
• ［英］ v.起泡 ( foam; effervesce) ; n.气泡, 水泡 ( a tiny ball of air or gas in a liquid)
• ［记］ 比较babble ( 说急话) , pebble ( 小卵石) , puddle ( 小水坑)
• ［同］ 近形词: babble ( 说急话) , pebble ( 小卵石) , puddle ( 小水坑)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English bobel
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a small globule typically hollow and light: as
  • a. a small body of gas within a liquid
  • b. a thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas
  • c. a globule in a transparent solid
  • d. something (as a plastic or inflatable structure) that is hemispherical or semicylindrical
• 2.
  • a. something that lacks firmness, solidity, or reality
  • b. a delusive scheme
• 3. a sound like that of bubbling
• 4. magnetic bubble
• 5. a state of booming economic activity (as in a stock market) that often ends in a sudden collapse
• 6. the condition of being at risk of exclusion or replacement (as from a tournament) — usually used in the phrase on the bubble<teams still on the bubble for the play-offs>

II. verb (bubbled; bubbling)

• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to form or produce bubbles
    • b. to rise in or as if in bubbles — usually used with up
  • 2. to flow with a gurgling sound <a brook bubbling over rocks>
  • 3.
    • a. to become lively or effervescent <bubbling with good humor>
    • b. to speak in a lively and fluent manner
• transitive verb
  • 1. to utter (as words) effervescently
  • 2. to cause to bubble

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