单词 | frothy |
释义 | frothy (once / 7896 pages) adj Something frothy is composed of many small air bubbles. You might like your cappuccino frothy but probably not your tap water. If you order a cappuccino at a cafe, you'll get a cup of strong coffee topped with frothy milk, and a cake recipe might instruct you to beat four eggs until they're frothy. In both examples, air bubbles cause a liquid to become foamy and creamy. A frothy person, however, is bubbly in a different way, full of life and excitement. There's often an implication of "insubstantial," or even "silly" when a person or idea is described as frothy. WORD FAMILYfrothy: frothily, frothiness+/froth: frothed, frothing, froths, frothy/frothing: frothingly USAGE EXAMPLESIf frothy home-builder sentiment is any indication, Lennar is still a fixer-upper. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) The 12 tales that follow are a frothy mix of fable and ghost stories, all told in a register appropriate to the season. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) Roberta Smith called Ms. Marten, then 27, a “precocious British artist” who “works in a light, frothy mode that might be called postmodern rococo.” New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) 1adj emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation Syn bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, spumy effervescent (of a liquid) giving off bubbles 2adj marked by high spirits or excitement Syn bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkly lively full of life and energy |
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