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单词 hubble-bubble
释义 hubble-bubble
\|həbəl|bəbəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: reduplication of bubble
1. : water pipe 2; especially : a rudimentary water pipe sometimes consisting merely of a bowl mounted on a coconut in which there is a hole that serves as a mouthpiece — compare hookah, nargileh
2. : a burble of sound or flurry of activity : commotion
 < for hours a merry but rather tedious hubble-bubble, suggesting liquor, was heard ascending from the cabin skylight — R.A.W.Hughes >
 < the hubble-bubble of spring-cleaning — Manchester Guardian Weekly >
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