单词 | bubble scheme |
释义 | > as lemmasbubble scheme 1. Designating something fragile, insubstantial, or delusive; esp. with reference to fraudulent commercial undertakings, as bubble scheme, etc. Cf. sense A. 2 and bubble company n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] flittingc1374 aerya1398 bottomlessa1413 hollowa1529 flittering1549 wanzing1571 aerial1581 slight1585 flit1590 windy1593 filmy1594 tenuous1597 unsubstantial1597 yeasty1598 thingless1599 airy1600 spare1602 spongy1603 insubstantial1607 baselessa1616 thina1616 insolid1618 insubstantiate1621 tenuious1634 bubble1635 thin-spun1638 subventaneous1646 unsubstanceda1658 whipped1673 aericala1678 huffy1678 blatherya1693 naughty1696 substanceless1784 vapoury1818 aeriform1827 airified1837 blow-away1858 non-substantial1858 unbased1860 evasive1881 stuffless1896 fabricless1905 lighter-than-air1909 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective] sharking1613 bubble1763 swindling1773 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > involving speculation > specific fraudulent undertakings bubble1763 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. iv. Epigr. 19 What's lighter than the mind? A thought: Than Thought? This bubble-world. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 22–25 Feb. Several Bubble-Schools and Academies sprung up. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 66 He..was concerned in a bubble Lottery. 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xxiii. 682 This wager would have been a bubble bet if it had been brought before the Jockey-club. 1839 N.Z. Gaz. 21 Aug. 6/2 He goes about describing it as a bubble scheme, and Poyais project for cheating the public. 1857 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 20 278 The wild speculation in bubble projects, the reckless living, and the improvident habits..were all circumstances which told their tale upon the fortunes of Sir R. Walpole's landed friends. 1949 Centralia (Illinois) Evening Sentinel 2 Apr. English bankers called the project a ‘bubble scheme’. 2013 N.Y. Mag. 11 Feb. 73 The twenty new and veteran series, so-called bubble shows, whose ratings haven't warranted cancellation but still aren't good enough to make renewal inevitable. < as lemmas |
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