blubber

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishblubberblub‧ber1 /ˈblʌbə $ -ər/ (also blub /blʊb/) verb [intransitive] CRYto cry noisily, especially in a way that annoys people→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusblubber• Quit blubbering!• Now, of course, we have them blubbering all over the place.• Three decades on and he's still enthralled - he almost falls blubbering at John Lee's feet.• I just stay there, squatting on the pavement, blubbering like a baby.blubberblubber2 noun [uncountable] HBAthe fat of sea animals, especially whalesExamples from the Corpusblubber• Large quantities of unused frozen meat and blubber have been found on rubbish dumps after recent drives.• She has lost most of her blubber and she is starving.• They chewed at it until, softened, it yielded, like blubber or leather, to their understanding.• Is it the thin grayish covering, or is it the twelve to fifteen inch layer of blubber which surrounds his body?• Moving closer, Miles watched as strips of blubber were placed along with heated stones into canoes filled with water.• Aquatic birds and mammals, equipped with subcutaneous blubber, may also have a covering of fur or feathers.Origin blubber1 (1400-1500) blubber “to make a bubbling sound” ((14-18 centuries)), from blubber “bubble”; → BLUBBER2 blubber2 (1600-1700) blubber “bubble, foam” ((14-19 centuries)), probably from the sound of bubbling; perhaps because the inside parts of fish, whales, etc. seem to bubble when they are cut open

单词	blubber
释义	blubber From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishblubberblub‧ber1 /ˈblʌbə $ -ər/ (also blub /blʊb/) verb [intransitive] CRYto cry noisily, especially in a way that annoys people→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusblubber• Quit blubbering!• Now, of course, we have them blubbering all over the place.• Three decades on and he's still enthralled - he almost falls blubbering at John Lee's feet.• I just stay there, squatting on the pavement, blubbering like a baby.blubberblubber2 noun [uncountable] HBAthe fat of sea animals, especially whalesExamples from the Corpusblubber• Large quantities of unused frozen meat and blubber have been found on rubbish dumps after recent drives.• She has lost most of her blubber and she is starving.• They chewed at it until, softened, it yielded, like blubber or leather, to their understanding.• Is it the thin grayish covering, or is it the twelve to fifteen inch layer of blubber which surrounds his body?• Moving closer, Miles watched as strips of blubber were placed along with heated stones into canoes filled with water.• Aquatic birds and mammals, equipped with subcutaneous blubber, may also have a covering of fur or feathers.Origin blubber1 (1400-1500) blubber “to make a bubbling sound” ((14-18 centuries)), from blubber “bubble”; → BLUBBER2 blubber2 (1600-1700) blubber “bubble, foam” ((14-19 centuries)), probably from the sound of bubbling; perhaps because the inside parts of fish, whales, etc. seem to bubble when they are cut open
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