froth

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n. 泡, 泡沫, 琐物 vt. 使生泡沫 vi. 发泡, 吹泡

发音

UK /fɹɒθ/
US /fɹɔθ/
/fɹɑθ/

词形变化

froths 复数 frothed frotheth frothing froths 三单 froths frothing 现在分词 frothed 过去式 frothed 过去分词

别名

froath

教材释义与例句

名词

泡沫，泡；口沫

动词

吐白沫；起泡沫

动词

使生泡沫

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Foam.

    泡沫

    可数 不可数

    Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.

  2. 2.

    Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?

    The discussion at the conference was mostly froth and posturing.

  3. 3.

    The idle rich.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    Highly speculative investment.

    可数 不可数 商务
v.
  1. 1.

    To create froth in (a liquid).

    及物

    I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.

  2. 2.

    (of a liquid) To bubble.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

    及物
  4. 4.

    (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To cover with froth.

    及物

    A horse froths his chain.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

foam

上位词 1

bubble

下位词 7

head lather suds shaving foam soap suds spume white water
动词

同义词 6

foam sparkle fizz suds effervesce spume

上位词 7

make create bubble ooze exude exudate transude

下位词 2

lather seethe

相关短语

froth pack froth at the mouth （疾病突然发作时）口吐白沫 froth up froth packs froth flotation froth at the gash

词源

From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.

来源：wiktionary