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bub ble 0-w /'bAbl/ noun, verb m noun 1 a ball of air or gas in a
liquid, or a ball of air inside a solid substance such as glass H'M: champagne
bubbles 0 a bubble of oxygen
0 blowing bubbles into water through a straw M Hr ft
/KE
— see also speech bubble 2 a
round ball of liquid, containing air, produced by soap and water HEErifi: The
children like to have bubbles in their bath. & f] # if & E ft IE M o 3 a small amount of a
feeling that sb wants to express ( ^
If:
a bubble of laughter/hope/enthusiasm /
4
a good or lucky situation that is unlikely
to last long mm ()
■. At
the time the telecoms
bubble was at its height. E
B the bubble
'bursts there is a sudden end to a good or lucky
situation (
When the bubble finally burst, hundreds of people lost
their jobs. Ei&ifftMABA — more at burst v.
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verb [V] 1 to form bubbles Mifi;
1 ift: The water in
the pan was beginning to
bubble.
0
Add the white wine and let it bubble up. jfjfl
A S U H S, itf*Eifeifo 2
[usually +adv./prep.) to make a bubbling sound, especially when moving
in the direction mentioned ( S(j Rf ) Ik
tB Iff (ft P If: I could hear the soup bubbling away, fie njf JiJ
ft njfM£
RIrJ 0 o A
stream came bubbling between the stones.
3 ~ (over) with sth
to be full of a
particular feeling # M H ( ) :
She was bubbling over with excitement, ^Ec
4 [+adv./prep.] (of a feeling i£ff) to
be felt strongly by a person; to be present in a situation ftM]
Laughter bubbled up inside him.
% 0 o the anger that bubbled
beneath the surface ph >0 l-Til-M .bubble 'under (especially BrE) (NAmE usually .bubble under the
'radar) (informal)
to be likely to be very successful or popular soon gp # j$i ;
under. ft
.bubble
and 'squeak noun [u] a type of British food
made from cold cooked potatoes and cabbage
that are mixed together and fried ( AH# )
'bubble
bath noun 1 [U] a liquid soap
that smells pleasant and makes a lot of bubbles when it is added to bath water
ffe 'if 'if if 2 [C] a bath with bubble bath in the water i&if if
bubble-gum /’bAblgAm/ noun, adj. m
noun [U] a type of chewing gum that can be blown into
bubbles
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adj. [only before noun] simple in style, not
serious and liked mainly by young people “ r4 ifi ff ” Ptl (
M, ) : This CD is
pure bubblegum
pop. && cd i.mM “mmw
bubble-jet
printer /‘bAbld3et
printa(r)/ noun a type of printer that
uses bubbles of air to blow small dots of ink in order to form letters,
numbers, etc. on paper
'bubble
pack noun = blister pack 'bubble wrap (8r£) {NAmE 'Bubble Wrap™) noun [U] a sheet of plastic
which has lots of small raised parts filled with air, used for protecting
things that are being carried or sent by post/mail iM€l^; H
bubb ly /'bAbli/ adj., noun
, adj. 1 full of bubbles %
ffi H M W ; £ m if # 2 (of a person A) always
cheerful, friendly and enthusiastic
a noun [U] (informal)
bubo /'bjuibau; NAmE -boo/ noun (pi bu boes) (medical |g) a painful swelling of
the lymph node under the arm or
in the groin ( ) mm
bu bon ic plague /bju:,bDmk 'pleig; NAmE -,ba:nik/ (also the plague) noun [U] a disease spread
by rats that causes fever,
swellings on the body and usually death
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