foam

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n. 泡沫, 水沫, 泡沫材料 vi. 起泡沫, 吐白沫 vt. 使起泡沫

发音

US /foʊm/
UK /fəʊm/

词形变化

foams 复数 foams foamed foamest foameth foaming foams 三单 foaming 现在分词 foamed 过去式 foamed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

泡沫；水沫；灭火泡沫

动词

使起泡沫；使成泡沫状物

动词

起泡沫；吐白沫；起着泡沫流动

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially

    泡沫

    沫

    泡

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

    A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc.

    可数 不可数

    1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Lyrical Ballads, London: J. & A. Arch, p. 12, The breezes blew, the white foam flew, / The furrow follow’d free: / We were the first that ever burst / Into that silent Sea.

  3. 3.

    A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

    A collection of small bubbles formed from bodily fluids such as saliva or sweat.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

    A collection of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid that is heated, fermented or carbonated.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

    A collection of small bubbles created by mixing soap with water.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

    A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.

    可数 不可数 政治
  7. 7.

    A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.

    可数 不可数

    A foam mat can soften a hard seat.

  8. 8.

    The sea.

    可数 比喻 诗歌 不可数

    He is in Europe, across the foam.

  9. 9.

    Fury, rage, ire.

    可数 不可数
  10. 10.

    Sneakers.

    泡沫塑料

    可数 不可数 非裔美国英语 复数形式
v.
  1. 1.

    To form or emit foam.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To coat or cover with foam.

    政治

    It used to be common practice to foam the runway prior to an emergency landing, in case a fuel-fed fire occurred.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

froth

上位词 3

stuff material bubble

下位词 9

head styrofoam lather suds foam rubber shaving foam soap suds spume white water
动词

同义词 4

sparkle fizz froth effervesce

上位词 1

bubble

下位词 2

lather seethe

相关短语

foam rubber [化] 泡沫胶; 泡沫橡胶 foam party foam parties foam at the mouth 口吐泡沫, 非常愤怒 foam up foam rubbers foam roller foam rollers foam finger foam hand foam core foam board foam hands foam fingers foam bath [医] 泡沫浴

词源

From Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin spūma (“foam”), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), Sanskrit फेन (phéna, “foam”), possibly Northern Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).

来源：wiktionary