froth
英 [fr?θ]
美 [fr?θ]
- n. 泡沫，泡；口沫
- vi. 吐白沫；起泡沫
- vt. 使生泡沫
助記提示
1. 諧音“浮了絲”----浮上了一層層絲狀的泡沫。
中文詞源
froth 泡沫來自Proto-Germanic*freuth, 泡沫。
英文詞源
- froth (n.)
- c. 1300, from an unrecorded Old English word, or else from Old Norse froea "froth," from Proto-Germanic *freuth- "froth" (cognates Swedish fradga, Danish fraade). Old English had afreoean "to froth," from the same root. The modern verb is late 14c., from the noun. Related: Frothed; frothing.
雙語例句
- 1. Falling in love the first time is all froth and fantasy.
- 初戀完全是一場虛幻的美夢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. No substance at all, just froth.
- 根本沒有任何實質，只是一些虛浮的東西。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The froth is blown away.
- 泡沫給吹開了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. a glass of beer with thick froth on top
- 上面有厚厚一層泡沫的一杯啤酒
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The play was amusing, but it was little more than froth.
- 這出戲還算有趣, 不過內容有些空泛.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》