bubble

单词辨析:

bubble fizz foam froth lather 【导航词义:泡沫】
bubble n. 泡沫,气泡
〔辨析〕

通常指液体中的气泡,有时也指固体中的气泡。

〔例证〕

You can see bubbles rise to the surface when water boils.

水烧开的时候,你会看到水面有气泡。

Examine the glass carefully for bubbles.

仔细检查一下玻璃,看有没有气泡。

fizz n. 气泡
〔辨析〕

尤指某些饮料中的小气泡。

〔例证〕

This Sprite has lost its fizz.

这瓶雪碧跑气儿了。

foam n. 泡沫
〔辨析〕

指液体表面的泡沫。

〔例证〕

He skimmed the foam off his coffee.

他撇去了咖啡上的泡沫。

froth n. 泡沫
〔辨析〕

词义同 foam,可换用。

〔例证〕

He wiped the froth/foam from his mouth.

他抹去嘴边的泡沫。

lather n. 泡沫
〔辨析〕

主要指肥皂水等的泡沫。

〔例证〕

I brought an expensive soap yesterday, but it raised no lather at all.

昨天我买了一块很贵的肥皂,没想到它根本不起泡沫。

He put some lather on his chin, and then began to shave.

他在下巴上抹了些肥皂泡沫,然后开始刮脸。

相关例句:

The pre-crisis bubble masked fundamental problems with the US economy.

危机之前的泡沫掩盖了美国经济中的根本性问题。

At the same time, the press bubbles with stories of the sale of Russian arms to Serbia

与此同时,报纸上登满了俄罗斯向塞尔维亚出售武器的报道。

When the development bubble burst, federal regulators started probing the balance sheets of the biggest banks.

房地产开发泡沫破灭后,联邦监管机构开始调查审计各家大型银行的资产负债表。

News of the defeat quickly burst the bubble of our self-confidence.

失败的消息使我们的自信心迅速破灭了。

Retail sales and car sales have been bubbling along, quite nicely, for some months.

几个月来,零售业和汽车的销售一直不错。

Rumours of financial scandals have come bubbling back to the surface

有关财务丑闻的谣言接连不断地冒出来。