| 单词 | bubble |
| 释义 | bubble (bʌbəl ) Word forms: bubbles , bubbling , bubbled 1. countable noun B2 Bubbles are small balls of air or gas in a liquid. Ink particles attach themselves to air bubbles and rise to the surface. ...a bubble of gas trapped under the surface. [+ of] Synonyms: air ball, drop, bead, blister 2. countable noun A bubble is a hollow ball of soapy liquid that is floating in the air or standing on a surface. With soap and water, bubbles and boats, children love bathtime. 3. countable noun A bubble is a situation in which large numbers of people want to buy shares in a company that is new or not yet financially successful, and pay more than the shares are worth. When it becomes clear that the shares are worth less than people paid for them, you can say that the bubble has burst. [business] This is the point when a rising market turns into a speculative bubble. They vie to cash in before the bubble bursts. 4. countable noun A bubble is group of people who are unaware of or unaffected by activities happening outside itself. Every theatre is jammed with people from a little metropolitan bubble who are insulated from the recession. 5. countable noun If a group of people form a bubble, they can have unlimited contact with each other, but not with other groups, in order to help stop the spread of a disease. 6. countable noun In a cartoon, a speech bubble is the shape which surrounds the words that a character is thinking or saying. 7. verb When a liquid bubbles, bubbles move in it, for example because it is boiling or moving quickly. Heat the seasoned stock until it is bubbling. [VERB] The coffeepot bubbled, filling the room with fragrance. [VERB] The fermenting wine has bubbled up and over the top. [VERB adverb/preposition] Danny looked down at the stream bubbling through the trees nearby. [VERB adverb/preposition] Synonyms: boil, simmer, seethe 8. verb If something bubbles, it is very busy or lively. [written] The book bubbles with appreciation of the joys of the sport. [VERB with noun] The show bubbles like pink champagne with pretty sets and enchanting dance routines. [VERB] 9. verb [usually cont] A feeling, influence, or activity that is bubbling away continues to occur. ...political tensions that have been bubbling away for years. [VERB adverb/preposition] Rumours of financial scandals have come bubbling back to the surface. [VERB adverb/preposition] Retail sales and car sales have been bubbling along, quite nicely, for some months. [VERB adverb/preposition] 10. verb [usually cont] Someone who is bubbling with a good feeling is so full of it that they keep expressing the way they feel to everyone around them. She came to the phone bubbling with excitement. [VERB + with] She came back bubbling with ideas. [VERB with noun] Bubble over means the same as bubble. He was quite tireless, bubbling over with vitality. [VERB PARTICLE + with] Bubble is also a noun. As she spoke she felt a bubble of optimism rising inside her. [+ of] Phrasal verbs: bubble over bubble [sense 10] bubble up phrasal verb A feeling that is bubbling up inside you is growing stronger and stronger. She could feel the anger growing, bubbling up inside her. [VERB PARTICLE] Idioms: on the bubble [US] in a difficult situation, and very likely to fail Hewlett was on the bubble after a difficult round yesterday. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the bubble has burst said to mean that a situation or idea which was very successful has suddenly stopped being successful The bubble has burst. Crowds at the team's World League games are down from last year's 40,000 average to 22,000. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: asset bubble It also warned of a potential asset bubble. Times, Sunday Times Fears of an asset bubble mean that, in the short term, it may be a good idea to lower exposure to bonds. Times, Sunday Times It has led to a delightful (for owners) asset bubble. Times, Sunday Times That in turn caused an asset bubble and a financial crisis that devastated the economy in 2007-09. Times, Sunday Times Some regard it as just another asset bubble, where the grotesque bonuses made by the speculators who have brought the world economy to its knees are spent. Times, Sunday Times The audiophile revolution has been bubbling away quietly for some years. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Add the balsamic vinegar and let it bubble away into the onion. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Add the banana and leave to bubble away. Times, Sunday Times (2016) You just have to bring them back down and keep bubbling away. The Sun (2016) But the four [leads] create a bubble, and the social world doesn't play a huge part in either film. Times, Sunday Times Yet the summit did not attempt to resolve the fundamental problem of trade imbalances that, arguably, did more than bankers to create the bubble. Times, Sunday Times We create a bubble in our country because of the money, the profile. Times, Sunday Times If you restrict supply below the market clearing level and increase funding, you will inevitably create a bubble and you will lock people out of the market. Times, Sunday Times Cerise can create a bubble of coherent light around herself which she can levitate through the air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After the dot-com bubble burst, it was a labour of love. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The dot-com bubble burst, ending the new economic paradigm. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It was Just before the dot-com bubble burst. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We had the dot-com bubble. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But this is the biggest takeover in IT since the dot-com bubble burst. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The object might be a solid particle, a gas bubble, a liquid droplet, or a porous body. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The density difference of the expanding gas bubble from the surrounding water causes the bubble to rise toward the surface. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A gas bubble may be placed inside the eye to keep the retina in place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At its top surface are relict gas bubble holes now filled with carbonate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As demand for gas grew, suppliers expanded their capacity and soon a gas bubble developed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Life was one big rollercoaster, a giant bubble of celebrity he never wanted to leave. Times, Sunday Times You can understand how they arrive there, the very famous, in this surreal giant bubble that never touches the ground. Times, Sunday Times He used a piece of rope tied to two sticks to create the giant bubble. Times, Sunday Times He then starts hicupping and creates a giant bubble and begins to drift away. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Create giant bubbles, build your own robot and design a dinosaur. Times, Sunday Times This is one housing bubble you might actually want. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Long ago he thundered that easy credit, personal indebtedness and the housing bubble would lead to a crash. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The government must also take strong measures to tackle the housing bubble. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This burst the housing bubble, caused prices to freefall and many property projects are left uncompleted. The Sun (2009) They helped to inflate the bubble and then capitalised on its collapse. Times, Sunday Times As regulation has curbed returns in investment banking and trading, big lenders have piled more capital into credit cards and unsecured loans - helping to inflate the bubble. Times, Sunday Times In so doing they helped inflate the bubble economy to grotesque proportions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It inflates a bubble that lifts the player to feel like they are running on air by reducing bodyweight by up to 80 per cent. The Sun Central bankers are inflating a bubble the like of which has never been seen. Times, Sunday Times That computer image might upset me, penetrate my safe little bubble of nice. Times, Sunday Times Like the president, we all live in a little bubble to some extent. Times, Sunday Times We've avoided the stresses of lockdown, and been happy in our little bubble. The Sun She shied away and went into her own little bubble. The Sun New technology doesn't mean we live our lives in a little bubble or in a 'cultural vacuum'. Times, Sunday Times Bonuses played a key part in driving the housing market bubble, pushing up prices for properties in the 1 million to 5 million bracket. Times, Sunday Times In the wake of the credit crunch and the end of the housing market bubble, many were forced to leave the industry. Times, Sunday Times Wondering why you are hearing the words 'housing market bubble' less often? Times, Sunday Times On one level that sounds like a potentially worrying return to a stock market bubble, as investors convince themselves that the old rules have changed. Times, Sunday Times The painful and prolonged bursting of the last market bubble finished only three years ago. Times, Sunday Times I'll be leaving behind a country that has changed forever: a little less sure of itself, its happy protective bubble burst. Times,Sunday Times Faceless bureaucrats answerable to no one are living their lives in a protective bubble. The Sun Could its protective bubble be about to pop? Times, Sunday Times Oxytocin puts a smile on your face and a protective bubble around your relationship. Times, Sunday Times Headphones enable listeners to float through public areas in a protective bubble, actively tuning in or out who or what they want. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The real estate bubble has burst and foreign investment has fled. Times, Sunday Times It was made possible because of a collective erasing of memory of the real estate bubble of the late 1980s and subsequent collapse. Times, Sunday Times These have plunged since the real estate bubble burst in 2008. Times, Sunday Times The hope was that, somehow, the real estate bubble would not blow up during their watch and that somehow the others could be postponed, too. Times, Sunday Times Loan rates are high because the government has concerns about a possible real estate bubble. Times, Sunday Times There was a speculative bubble because it was so easy to borrow. Times, Sunday Times New legislation and media hype appear to be inflating a speculative bubble in the 'cannabusiness' sector, analysts say. Times, Sunday Times For all the schadenfreude that surrounds the collapse of a speculative bubble, it remains a mistake to let a bank fail. Times, Sunday Times A speculative bubble in railway stocks burst in 1847, causing a great slump. Times, Sunday Times But if banks make loans without asking rigorously how much profit can be generated, then the next speculative bubble will be only a matter of time. Times, Sunday Times She earned $60,000 a year as a web designer before the tech bubble burst. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Share prices in some of the world's biggest technology companies have taken a hammering in recent weeks amid speculation that the tech bubble may be about to burst. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Its soaring valuation will fuel concerns of a new tech bubble. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Something in my ankle wrenches out of place with a hot little internal twang, like a tiny bubble of boiling liquid bursting deep inside the joint. The Times Literary Supplement The odd tiny bubble emerges from a nostril here and there. Times, Sunday Times I also relished the tiny bubble of solo time that my ride represented, not to mention the fresh air. Times, Sunday Times Each laser pulse creates a tiny bubble there. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Add plenty of chopped fresh tomato pulp then warm through in a pan until tiny bubbles are starting to form at the edges. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 泡沫, 沸腾 Japanese: 泡, 沸騰する |
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