bulb

Word family adjectivebulbarbulbedbulbiferousbulbousnounbulbilbulbositybulbousnessbulbadverbbulbously

Related topics: Daily life, Technology, Plants, Biology, Electricity

bulb /bʌlb/ noun [countableC]

DTthe glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from 灯泡 SYN light bulb

a 100-watt bulb

一个100瓦的灯泡

→4 See picture of 见图 ELECTRICS

2 HBPa root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant 〔植物的〕球茎，鳞茎，球根

tulip bulbs

郁金香球茎

→5 see picture at 见图 tree

Examples from the Corpus

bulb• Before buying, check that maintenance and bulb cleaning can be carried out easily and safely.• Which leads to the brightest bulb in the Sheffield chandelier of pop, the Longpigs.• An outside cistern could be kept from freezing by hanging a light bulb near it and leaving it on all the time.• They stole my narcissus bulbs that I had been so carefully forcing to bloom in January.• Halogen lamps give excellent service, hut the bulbs are fairly expensive to replace.• I was lying there, thinking that the bulb needed changing, the ceiling could use another coat.

Origin bulb

(1500-1600) Latin bulbus, from Greek bolbos “plant with a bulb”

单词	bulb
释义	bulb Word family adjectivebulbarbulbedbulbiferousbulbousnounbulbilbulbositybulbousnessbulbadverbbulbously Related topics: Daily life, Technology, Plants, Biology, Electricity bulb /bʌlb/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 DTthe glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from 灯泡 SYN light bulb a 100-watt bulb 一个100瓦的灯泡 →4 See picture of 见图 ELECTRICS 2 HBPa root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant 〔植物的〕球茎，鳞茎，球根 tulip bulbs 郁金香球茎 →5 see picture at 见图 tree Examples from the Corpus bulb• Before buying, check that maintenance and bulb cleaning can be carried out easily and safely.• Which leads to the brightest bulb in the Sheffield chandelier of pop, the Longpigs.• An outside cistern could be kept from freezing by hanging a light bulb near it and leaving it on all the time.• They stole my narcissus bulbs that I had been so carefully forcing to bloom in January.• Halogen lamps give excellent service, hut the bulbs are fairly expensive to replace.• I was lying there, thinking that the bulb needed changing, the ceiling could use another coat. Origin bulb (1500-1600) Latin bulbus, from Greek bolbos “plant with a bulb”
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