名詞 bubble:

1. a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
2. a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
   同義詞：house of cards
3. an impracticable and illusory idea
4. a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic

動詞 bubble:

1. form, produce, or emit bubbles
2. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
   同義詞：ripple, babble, guggle, burble, gurgle
3. expel gas from the stomach
   同義詞：burp, belch, eruct

1. Thelatest trade figures will surely prick the bubble of governmentcomplacency about the economic situation.
   最新的貿(mào)易統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字無疑要驚擾了政府經(jīng)濟(jì)情勢大好的美夢。
2. A bubble will burst at the slightest touch.
   氣泡稍微一碰就破。
3. One generation blows bubbles, and the next breaks them.
   前一代人制造出來的空洞理論，下一代人把它們打破。
4. He bubbled questions.
   他接二連三地提問題。
5. The gas bubbled to the surface of the water.
   氣體變成氣泡升上水面。

bub.ble

n.（名詞）
A thin, usually spherical or hemispherical film of liquid filled with air or gas:
泡沫：通常是球形或半球形的，充滿空氣或氣體的液體薄膜：
例句：
a soap bubble.
肥皂泡

A globular body of air or gas formed within a liquid:
氣泡：形成于液體中的球狀氣體：
例句：
air bubbles rising to the surface.
上升到表面的氣泡

A pocket formed in a solid by air or gas that is trapped, as during cooling or hardening.
氣泡：空氣或氣體由于冷卻或變硬而形成固體，氣囊產(chǎn)生于其中

The act or process of forming bubbles.
形成水泡：形成水泡的行為或過程
A sound made by or as if by the forming and bursting of bubbles.
冒泡聲，沸騰聲，汩汩聲
Something insubstantial, groundless, or ephemeral, especially:
虛幻的、沒有根據(jù)的或短暫的東西，尤指：
A fantastic or impracticable idea or belief; an illusion:
幻想：虛妄的或不切實(shí)際的想法或信仰；幻想：
例句：
didn`t want to burst the new volunteers` bubble.
不想粉碎志愿者的夢想

A speculative scheme that comes to nothing:
投機(jī)，騙局：虛妄的投機(jī)計(jì)劃：
例句：
lost money in the real estate bubble.
在做房地產(chǎn)投機(jī)買賣中虧了本

Something light or effervescent:
歡樂：輕快或歡樂的事物：
例句：
.Macon—though terribly distressed—had to fight down a bubble of laughter.(Anne Tyler)
.麥肯——不得不抑制住歡快的笑聲，盡管這樣做他覺得極度痛苦.(安妮·泰勒)

A usually transparent glass or plastic dome.
透明玻璃（塑料）圓頂
A protective, often isolating envelope or cover:
保護(hù)罩：保護(hù)性的，起隔離作用的外罩或外殼：
例句：
.The Secret Service will talk of tightening protection, but no President wants to live in a bubble.(Anthony Lewis)
.情報(bào)局要談及嚴(yán)密的元首保護(hù)措施，但沒有任何元首愿意生活在與外界隔離的環(huán)境中.(安東尼·劉易斯)

v.（動詞）
bub.bled,bub.bling,bub.bles
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To form or give off bubbles.
起泡或冒泡
To move or flow with a gurgling sound:
發(fā)出汩汩的或咯咯的聲音：
例句：
a brook bubbling along its course.
一條汩汩流動的溪水

To rise to or as if to the surface; emerge:
升到水面；出現(xiàn)：
例句：
.Since then, the revolution has bubbled up again in many forms.(Jonathan Schell)
.從那以后，革命又以各種形式變得激烈起來了.(喬納森·謝爾)

To display irrepressible activity or emotion:
洋溢，不可抑制：
例句：
bubbling over with excitement.
興高采烈

v.tr.（及物動詞）
To cause to form bubbles.
使冒泡，使起泡

來源：
From Middle English bubelen [to bubble]
源自 中古英語 bubelen [冒泡]