froth
英 [frɒθ]
美 [frɑːθ]
- n. 泡沫,泡;口沫
- vi. 吐白沫;起泡沫
- vt. 使生泡沫
1. 谐音“浮了丝”----浮上了一层层丝状的泡沫。
froth 泡沫来自Proto-Germanic*freuth, 泡沫。
- froth (n.)
- c. 1300, from an unrecorded Old English word, or else from Old Norse froða "froth," from Proto-Germanic *freuth- "froth" (cognates Swedish fradga, Danish fraade). Old English had afreoðan "to froth," from the same root. The modern verb is late 14c., from the noun. Related: Frothed; frothing.
- 1. Falling in love the first time is all froth and fantasy.
- 初恋完全是一场虚幻的美梦。
- 2. No substance at all, just froth.
- 根本没有任何实质,只是一些虚浮的东西。
- 3. The froth is blown away.
- 泡沫给吹开了。
- 4. a glass of beer with thick froth on top
- 上面有厚厚一层泡沫的一杯啤酒
- 5. The play was amusing, but it was little more than froth.
- 这出戏还算有趣, 不过内容有些空泛.