bubble

noun

/ˈbʌbl/

Idioms

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a ball of air or gas in a liquid, or a ball of air inside a solid substance such as glass泡；气泡
- champagne bubbles香槟酒的泡沫
- a bubble of oxygen氧气泡
- He blew bubbles into the water through a straw.他用吸管向水中吹泡泡。
see also speech bubble
- The champagne was full of tiny bubbles.这香槟酒泡沫很足。
- There are air bubbles trapped inside the ice.冰里有气泡。
- Care must be taken to ensure that there are no bubbles trapped in the syringe.必须小心确保注射器中没有气泡。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- air
- gas
- soap
- …
verb + bubble
- blow
- burst
- pop
- …
bubble + verb
- form
- burst
- pop
- …
a round ball of liquid, containing air, produced by soap and water肥皂泡
- The children like to have bubbles in their bath.孩子们喜欢浴盆里有肥皂泡。
- The children were blowing bubbles.孩子们在吹泡泡。
- They jumped about, bursting the bubbles.他们蹦着跳着把气泡弄破。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- air
- gas
- soap
- …
verb + bubble
- blow
- burst
- pop
- …
bubble + verb
- form
- burst
- pop
- …
a small amount of a feeling that somebody wants to express（欲表达的）一点感情
- a bubble of laughter/hope/enthusiasm一点笑声／希望／热心
a good or lucky situation that is unlikely to last long（很可能持续不长的）好景，好运；泡沫
- Economists warned of a stock-market bubble.经济学家警告说股市有泡沫。
Topics Moneyc2

词源Middle English: partly imitative, partly an alteration of burble.

Idioms

the bubble bursts

there is a sudden end to a good or lucky situation（好事或好运）突然告吹，成为泡影；泡沫破灭
- When the bubble finally burst, hundreds of people lost their jobs.当泡沫最终破灭时，有几百人丢了饭碗。
- The optimistic bubble has now burst and economists agree the recession will continue.乐观的泡沫现在已经破裂，经济学家同意衰退将继续。

burst somebody’s bubble

to bring an end to somebody’s hopes, happiness, etc.使某人希望破灭；毁掉某人的幸福
- He seemed so happy, I couldn’t burst his bubble so soon.他看起来很开心，我不能这么快打破他的幻想。

bubble

verb

/ˈbʌbl/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they bubble	/ˈbʌbl/ /ˈbʌbl/
he / she / it bubbles	/ˈbʌblz/ /ˈbʌblz/
past simple bubbled	/ˈbʌbld/ /ˈbʌbld/
past participle bubbled	/ˈbʌbld/ /ˈbʌbld/
-ing form bubbling	/ˈbʌblɪŋ/ /ˈbʌblɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive] to form bubbles起泡；冒泡
- The water in the pan was beginning to bubble.锅里的水开始冒泡。
- Cook until the cheese is golden and bubbling.煮到奶酪变成金黄色并冒泡。
- bubble up Add the white wine and let it bubble up.加入白葡萄酒，让它产生泡沫。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- furiously
- away
- up
- …
[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to make a bubbling sound（移动时）发出冒泡的声音
- I could hear the soup bubbling away.我能听到汤在咕嘟咕嘟地响。
- A stream came bubbling between the stones.一条小溪沿着石缝汩汩地流过来。
- The water in the saucepan was bubbling furiously.水在炖锅里咕嘟咕嘟地冒着泡。
- Mike’s laugh bubbled down the line.迈克的笑声一直持续到最后。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- furiously
- away
- up
- …
[intransitive] bubble (over) with something to be full of a particular feeling洋溢着（某种感情）
- She was bubbling over with excitement.她兴奋不已。
- The business was still small but I was bubbling with ideas.生意仍然很少，但我的创意不断涌出来。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- to the surface
- over
- up
- …
preposition
- inside
- with
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a feeling感情) to be felt strongly by a person; to be present in a situation被强烈感受；充溢；存在
- Laughter bubbled up inside him.他忍不住心中窃笑。
- the anger that bubbled beneath the surface内心潜涌着的愤怒
- Long-standing ethnic tensions have bubbled to the surface.长期的种族紧张局势已经浮出水面。
- Match-rigging is still bubbling away in the background.操纵比赛仍在背景中不断涌现。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- to the surface
- over
- up
- …
preposition
- inside
- with

词源Middle English: partly imitative, partly an alteration of burble.