Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - bubble
Bubble
bubble
n. & v. --n. 1 a a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air etc. b an air-filled cavity in a liquid or a solidified liquid such as glass or amber. 2 the sound or appearance of boiling. 3 a transparent domed cavity. 4 a visionary or unrealistic project or enterprise (the South Sea Bubble). --v.intr. 1 rise in or send up bubbles. 2 make the sound of boiling. Phrases and idioms bubble and squeak Brit. cooked cabbage fried with cooked potatoes or meat. bubble bath 1 a preparation for adding to bath water to make it foam. 2 a bath with this added. bubble car Brit. a small motor car with a transparent dome. bubble chamber Physics an apparatus designed to make the tracks of ionizing particles visible as a row of bubbles in a liquid. bubble gum chewing-gum that can be blown into bubbles. bubble memory Computing a type of memory which stores data as a pattern of magnetized regions in a thin layer of magnetic material. bubble over (often foll. by with) be exuberant with laughter, excitement, anger, etc. bubble pack a small package enclosing goods in a transparent material on a backing. Etymology: ME: prob. imit.
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bobel Date: 14th century a small globule typically hollow and light: as, a small body of gas within a liquid, a thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas, a globule in a transparent solid, something (as a plastic or inflatable structure) that is hemispherical or semicylindrical, 2. something that lacks firmness, solidity, or reality, a delusive scheme, a sound like that of bubbling, magnetic ~, a state of booming economic activity (as in a stock market) that often ends in a sudden collapse, the condition of being at risk of exclusion or replacement (as from a tournament), II. verb (~d; bubbling) Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to form or produce ~s, to rise in or as if in ~s, to flow with a gurgling sound , 3. to become lively or effervescent , to speak in a lively and fluent manner, transitive verb to utter (as words) effervescently, to cause to ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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