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Foam Small Bubbles Mass Liquid Rubber Soft Water

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]泡沫;气泡 Foam consists of a mass of small bubbles that are formed when air and a liquid are mixed together.
  • The water curved round the rocks in great bursts of foam.

    水流撞击岩石,产生大量泡沫。

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[N-MASS 物质名词]泡沫剂;泡沫产品 Foam is used to refer to various kinds of manufactured products which have a soft, light texture like a thick liquid.
  • ...shaving foam.

    剃须泡沫

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[N-MASS 物质名词]泡沫橡胶;海绵式橡胶 Foam or foam rubber is soft rubber full of small holes which is used, for example, to make mattresses and cushions.
  • ...modern three-piece suites filled with foam rubber...

    有泡沫橡胶填充物的现代家具三件套

  • We had given him a large foam mattress to sleep on.

    我们给了他一张大海绵床垫用来睡觉。

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[VERB 动词](液体)产生泡沫,起沫 If a liquid foams, it is full of small bubbles and keeps moving slightly.
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  • I let the water run into it and we watched as it foamed and bubbled.

    我把水引进去,然后我们看着它起沫、冒泡。

  • ...ravines with foaming rivers rushing through them.

    泛着白沫的河水奔腾而过的沟壑

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[PHRASE 短语]大怒;暴怒;大发雷霆 If you say that someone is foaming at the mouth, you mean that they are very angry.
  [V inflects]
  • Stewart was foaming at the mouth about an incident the previous afternoon.

    斯图尔特正为头天下午的事件而大发脾气。


Oxford foam / fəʊm ; NAmE foʊm /
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noun _froth_comp.jpg _foam.jpg 1 ( also ˌfoam ˈrubber ) [uncountable ] a soft light rubber material, full of small holes, that is used for seats, mattresses,etc. 泡沫橡胶;海绵橡胶 a foam mattress 泡沫橡胶床垫 foam packaging 泡沫橡胶包装材料 2 [uncountable ] a mass of very small air bubbles on the surface of a liquid 泡沫 SYN
froth
a glass of beer with a good head of foam 一杯表面有厚厚一层泡沫的啤酒 The breaking waves left the beach covered with foam. 浪花四溅,海滩上满是泡沫。
3 [uncountable ,  countable ] a chemical substance that forms or produces a soft mass of very small bubbles, used for washing, shaving, or putting out fires, for example 泡沫剂(用于洗涤、剃须、灭火等) shaving foam 剃须泡沫膏
verb [intransitive ] (of a liquid 液体 ) to have or produce a mass of small bubbles 有泡沫;起泡沫 SYN
froth
IDIOM foam at the ˈmouth 1 (especially of an animal 尤指动物 ) to have a mass of small bubbles in and around its mouth, especially because it is sick or angry 口吐白沫(尤指因发病或暴怒) 2 ( informal) (of a person ) to be very angry 大发雷霆
foam / fəʊm ; NAmE foʊm /
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foam1 noun
foam2 verb
foamfoam1 /fəʊm $ foʊm/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]
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1 (also foam rubber) a type of soft rubber with a lot of air in it, used in furniture:  a foam mattress2a mass of very small bubbles on the surface of a liquid SYN  froth:  The sea was covered in foam.3a substance which is like a very thick soft liquid with a lot of bubbles in it:  Firefighters using water and foam are still tackling the blaze. shaving foamfoamy adjective
foam1 noun
foam2 verb
foamfoam2 verb [intransitive]
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1to produce foam:  The green water splashed and foamed over the rocks.2be foaming at the mouth a)to have bubbles coming out of your mouth because you are very ill b)informal to be very angry
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foam

[fəʊm]foamed, foaming, foams

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foaming[502]
泡沫(96%),起泡沫(3%),沸腾(1%)
n.泡沫;水沫;灭火泡沫
vt.使起泡沫;使成泡沫状物
vi.起泡沫;吐白沫;起着泡沫流动

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