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- a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas泡, 水泡, 泡沫。
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- an air- or gas-filled spherical cavity in a liquid or a solidified liquid such as glass or amber气泡。
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- figurative used to refer to a state or feeling that is unstable and unlikely to last〈喻〉泡沫; 幻想, 泡影, 空想：
many companies enjoyed rapid expansion before the bubble burst
在泡沫破灭之前许多公司一度迅速扩张
a bubble of confidence.
泡沫般的信心。
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- a transparent domed cover or enclosure透明的穹顶, 适明圆罩：
piglets born into a sterile bubble.
生在无菌、透明圆顶猪窝里的小猪。
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- a place or position that is protected from danger or unpleasant reality安全的地方（或位置）; 世外桃源：
they are not on tour packages seeing foreign ports from a bubble.
他们不是在组团旅游, 从安全的地方观察外国港口。
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- （亦作bubble shell）a marine mollusc that typically has a thin scroll-like shell泡螺。
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- Bullidae and other families, order Cephalaspidea, class Gastropoda.枣螺科及其他科, 头甲目, 腹足纲。
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1- (of a liquid) contain bubbles in air or gas rising to the surface（液体）冒泡, 起泡, 沸腾：
a pot of coffee bubbled away on the stove.
炉子上的一壶咖啡正冒着气泡呢。
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- often as adj. bubbling make a sound resembling this汩汩地响：
a bubbling fountain.
汩汩作响的泉水。
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bubble with /over with
figurative (of a person) be exuberantly filled with an irrepressible positive feeling〈喻〉（人）激动, 兴致勃勃; 极其兴奋：Ellen was bubbling with such enthusiasm.
埃伦正兴高采烈。
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bubble up
figurative (especially of a negative feeling) become more intense and approach the point of being vehemently expressed〈喻〉（尤指消极的情绪）翻腾：the fury bubbling up inside her.
愤怒在她心中翻腾。
短语
burst someone's bubble
- 见BURST.
on the bubble
- N. Amer. informal (of a sports player or team) occupying the last qualifying position on a team or for a tournament, and liable to be replaced by another〈北美, 非正式〉（运动员或队）排末位易被取代的。
- ORIGIN: from sit on the bubble, with the implication that the bubble may burst.
词源
Middle English: partly imitative， partly an alteration of BURBLE.