bobble

noun

/ˈbɒbl/

/ˈbɑːbl/

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(British English) a small, soft ball, usually made of wool, that is used especially for decorating clothes小绒球，小羊毛球（尤用作衣服缀饰）
synonym pom-pom
- a bobble hat (= a woolly hat with a bobble on top)顶上饰有小绒球的帽子
a piece of elastic with a small ball or other decoration on it, used to tie hair back 装饰发圈（带有小球或其他饰物）

词源1920s: diminutive of bob ‘the hairstyle’.

verb

/ˈbɒbl/

/ˈbɑːbl/

(informal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they bobble	/ˈbɒbl/ /ˈbɑːbl/
he / she / it bobbles	/ˈbɒblz/ /ˈbɑːblz/
past simple bobbled	/ˈbɒbld/ /ˈbɑːbld/
past participle bobbled	/ˈbɒbld/ /ˈbɑːbld/
-ing form bobbling	/ˈbɒblɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːblɪŋ/

[intransitive] + adv./prep. to move along the ground with small bounces弹跳着向前移动
- The ball somehow bobbled into the net.球不知怎么在地上弹了几下钻入网窝。
[transitive] bobble something (North American English) to drop a ball or to fail to stop it漏球；漏接球；没有停住球
- She tried to catch the ball but bobbled it.她想要接球，但没有接住。
[intransitive] (British English, informal) (of a piece of clothing, especially one made of wool衣服，尤指毛料的) to become covered in very small balls of fibre起绒线球

词源1920s: diminutive of bob ‘the hairstyle’.