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单词 bubble
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bubble

noun
 
/ˈbʌbl/
/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
    • champagne bubbles
    • a bubble of oxygen
    • He blew bubbles into the water through a straw.
    see also speech bubble
    Extra Examples
    • The champagne was full of tiny bubbles.
    • There are air bubbles trapped inside the ice.
    • Care must be taken to ensure that there are no bubbles trapped in the syringe.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • air
    • gas
    • soap
    • …
    verb + bubble
    • blow
    • burst
    • pop
    • …
    bubble + verb
    • form
    • burst
    • pop
    • …
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  2.  
     a round ball of liquid, containing air, produced by soap and water
    • The children like to have bubbles in their bath.
    • The children were blowing bubbles.
    • They jumped about, bursting the bubbles.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • air
    • gas
    • soap
    • …
    verb + bubble
    • blow
    • burst
    • pop
    • …
    bubble + verb
    • form
    • burst
    • pop
    • …
    See full entry
  3. a small amount of a feeling that somebody wants to express
    • a bubble of laughter/hope/enthusiasm
  4. a good or lucky situation that is unlikely to last long
    • Economists warned of a stock-market bubble.
    Topics Moneyc2
    5. Word OriginMiddle English: partly imitative, partly an alteration of burble.
Idioms
the bubble bursts
  1. there is a sudden end to a good or lucky situation
    • When the bubble finally burst, hundreds of people lost their jobs.
    • The optimistic bubble has now burst and economists agree the recession will continue.
burst somebody’s bubble
  1. to bring an end to somebody’s hopes, happiness, etc.
    • He seemed so happy, I couldn’t burst his bubble so soon.

bubble

verb
/ˈbʌbl/
/ˈbʌbl/
Verb Forms
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
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  1. [intransitive] to form bubbles
    • The water in the pan was beginning to bubble.
    • Cook until the cheese is golden and bubbling.
    • bubble up Add the white wine and let it bubble up.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • furiously
    • away
    • up
    • …
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  2. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to make a bubbling sound
    • I could hear the soup bubbling away.
    • A stream came bubbling between the stones.
    • The water in the saucepan was bubbling furiously.
    • Mike’s laugh bubbled down the line.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • furiously
    • away
    • up
    • …
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  3. [intransitive] bubble (over) with something to be full of a particular feeling
    • She was bubbling over with excitement.
    • The business was still small but I was bubbling with ideas.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • to the surface
    • over
    • up
    • …
    preposition
    • inside
    • with
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  4. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a feeling) to be felt strongly by a person; to be present in a situation
    • Laughter bubbled up inside him.
    • the anger that bubbled beneath the surface
    • Long-standing ethnic tensions have bubbled to the surface.
    • Match-rigging is still bubbling away in the background.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • to the surface
    • over
    • up
    • …
    preposition
    • inside
    • with
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    5. Word OriginMiddle English: partly imitative, partly an alteration of burble.
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