bubble

名词 bubble:

1. a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
2. a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
   同义词：house of cards
3. an impracticable and illusory idea
4. a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic

动词 bubble:

1. form, produce, or emit bubbles
2. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
   同义词：ripple, babble, guggle, burble, gurgle
3. expel gas from the stomach
   同义词：burp, belch, eruct

1. Thelatest trade figures will surely prick the bubble of governmentcomplacency about the economic situation.
   最新的贸易统计数字无疑要惊扰了政府经济情势大好的美梦。
2. A bubble will burst at the slightest touch.
   气泡稍微一碰就破。
3. One generation blows bubbles, and the next breaks them.
   前一代人制造出来的空洞理论，下一代人把它们打破。
4. He bubbled questions.
   他接二连三地提问题。
5. The gas bubbled to the surface of the water.
   气体变成气泡升上水面。

bub.ble

n.（名词）
A thin, usually spherical or hemispherical film of liquid filled with air or gas:
泡沫：通常是球形或半球形的，充满空气或气体的液体薄膜：
例句：
a soap bubble.
肥皂泡

A globular body of air or gas formed within a liquid:
气泡：形成于液体中的球状气体：
例句：
air bubbles rising to the surface.
上升到表面的气泡

A pocket formed in a solid by air or gas that is trapped, as during cooling or hardening.
气泡：空气或气体由于冷却或变硬而形成固体，气囊产生于其中

The act or process of forming bubbles.
形成水泡：形成水泡的行为或过程
A sound made by or as if by the forming and bursting of bubbles.
冒泡声，沸腾声，汩汩声
Something insubstantial, groundless, or ephemeral, especially:
虚幻的、没有根据的或短暂的东西，尤指：
A fantastic or impracticable idea or belief; an illusion:
幻想：虚妄的或不切实际的想法或信仰；幻想：
例句：
didn`t want to burst the new volunteers` bubble.
不想粉碎志愿者的梦想

A speculative scheme that comes to nothing:
投机，骗局：虚妄的投机计划：
例句：
lost money in the real estate bubble.
在做房地产投机买卖中亏了本

Something light or effervescent:
欢乐：轻快或欢乐的事物：
例句：
.Macon—though terribly distressed—had to fight down a bubble of laughter.(Anne Tyler)
.麦肯——不得不抑制住欢快的笑声，尽管这样做他觉得极度痛苦.(安妮·泰勒)

A usually transparent glass or plastic dome.
透明玻璃（塑料）圆顶
A protective, often isolating envelope or cover:
保护罩：保护性的，起隔离作用的外罩或外壳：
例句：
.The Secret Service will talk of tightening protection, but no President wants to live in a bubble.(Anthony Lewis)
.情报局要谈及严密的元首保护措施，但没有任何元首愿意生活在与外界隔离的环境中.(安东尼·刘易斯)

v.（动词）
bub.bled,bub.bling,bub.bles
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To form or give off bubbles.
起泡或冒泡
To move or flow with a gurgling sound:
发出汩汩的或咯咯的声音：
例句：
a brook bubbling along its course.
一条汩汩流动的溪水

To rise to or as if to the surface; emerge:
升到水面；出现：
例句：
.Since then, the revolution has bubbled up again in many forms.(Jonathan Schell)
.从那以后，革命又以各种形式变得激烈起来了.(乔纳森·谢尔)

To display irrepressible activity or emotion:
洋溢，不可抑制：
例句：
bubbling over with excitement.
兴高采烈

v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause to form bubbles.
使冒泡，使起泡

来源：
From Middle English bubelen [to bubble]
源自 中古英语 bubelen [冒泡]