bubble
bubble — 名詞
1. a small round space holding gas inside liquid or another material
氣泡
液體或物體中的小圓氣體空隙
a small round space holding gas inside liquid or another material
Tiny bubbles rose in the soup as the pot started to boil.
鍋子開始沸騰時，湯裡冒出了細小的氣泡。
bubbles rise to the surface
An air bubble was trapped under the phone screen protector.
手機保護貼底下卡住了一個空氣氣泡。
air bubble in [something]
Bubbles clung to the diver's mask after she came up.
潛水員浮上來後，面罩上還黏著幾個氣泡。
The glass vase has a bubble near its thick base.
那只玻璃花瓶厚底附近有一個氣泡。
文法句型
air bubble in [something]
bubbles rise to the surface
a bubble under [surface]
用法筆記
Often used for liquid, glass, plastic, or a surface layer. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense is the small pocket of gas itself, not the floating soap ball children blow.
常見錯誤
2. a thin round shape of soapy water with air inside that floats in the air
泡泡
肥皂水吹出的空心小球
a thin round shape of soapy water with air inside that floats in the air
Noa blew a huge bubble that drifted over the garden fence.
Noa 吹出一個大泡泡，飄過了花園的柵欄。
blow a bubble
A soap bubble landed on Ravi's sleeve and burst at once.
一顆肥皂泡泡落在 Ravi 的袖子上，立刻破掉了。
a bubble bursts
Two bubbles floated past the bus stop after the party game.
派對遊戲後，兩個泡泡飄過了公車站。
The baby laughed when Iris filled the room with bubbles.
Iris 讓整個房間都是泡泡時，寶寶笑了。
文法句型
blow a bubble
blow bubbles
a bubble bursts
用法筆記
Usually refers to the playful floating balls made with soap and water. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 can be inside liquid or glass, but this sense floats freely in the air.
3. a period when prices or success rise fast in a way that cannot continue and then
泡沫榮景
短暫繁榮後常會崩跌
a period when prices or success rise fast in a way that cannot continue and then suddenly fails
Cheap loans fed a housing bubble across the whole coastal region.
便宜貸款助長了整個沿海地區的房市泡沫榮景。
housing bubble
Many traders ignored warnings while the tech bubble kept growing.
科技泡沫持續擴大時，許多交易員忽視了警告。
tech bubble
After the bubble burst, three shops on Main Street closed.
泡沫破裂後，Main Street 上有三家店倒閉了。
The minister said the export bubble could not last forever.
部長說，這波出口泡沫榮景不可能永遠持續。
文法句型
housing bubble
tech bubble
the bubble bursts
用法筆記
Most often used for markets, prices, investment, or a short-lived period of growth. Distinguish from sense 4: this sense is about a rise that collapses, not about only hearing views like your own.
常見錯誤
4. a situation where someone mostly meets familiar people and keeps hearing ideas t
同溫層
只接觸相似觀點的人際環境
a situation where someone mostly meets familiar people and keeps hearing ideas that already match their own
Kai lives in an online bubble and rarely reads opposing views.
Kai 活在網路同溫層裡，很少閱讀不同立場的看法。
live in a bubble
The campus debate helped students step outside their political bubble.
那場校園辯論幫學生走出了自己的政治同溫層。
step outside your bubble
Parents worried the app was building a bubble around teens.
家長擔心那個 App 正在把青少年困在同溫層裡。
Working abroad pulled Hana out of her usual social bubble.
到國外工作，讓 Hana 離開了原本熟悉的社交同溫層。
- echo chamber
more explicit about hearing the same opinions repeated back
- cocoon
suggests being protected or cut off, often with less focus on opinions
- silo
often used for groups that do not share information with others
- open exchange
involves contact with different people and views
文法句型
live in a bubble
step outside your bubble
social media bubble
用法筆記
Common in discussion of media, politics, and online life. Distinguish from sense 5: this sense is metaphorical and about limited experience or opinion, not an organised health-protection group.
常見錯誤
5. a small set of people who stay close to one another but limit contact with every
防疫泡泡
限制對外接觸的小群體
a small set of people who stay close to one another but limit contact with everyone else, often to reduce infection
Our school bubble ate lunch together in the same classroom.
我們的學校防疫泡泡都在同一間教室一起吃午餐。
school bubble
The team formed a travel bubble before the tournament in Seoul.
球隊在首爾比賽前先組成了旅遊防疫泡泡。
travel bubble
Each nursery bubble had its own toys and bathroom.
每個托兒班的防疫泡泡都有自己的玩具和浴室。
After the fever spread, the hospital tightened every staff bubble.
發燒情況擴大後，醫院加強了每個員工防疫泡泡的限制。
- general mixing
contact with many people outside one fixed group
文法句型
school bubble
travel bubble
form a bubble
用法筆記
Used mainly in public-health or travel rules. Distinguish from sense 4: here the group is planned to control contact, not a social or opinion world that happens naturally.
bubble — 動詞
1. to send up small balls of air or gas through liquid, or to move in that way
冒泡
液體產生並升起氣泡
to send up small balls of air or gas through liquid, or to move in that way
Milk bubbled over the pan while Yusuf answered the door.
Yusuf 去應門時，牛奶從鍋子裡冒泡溢了出來。
bubble over
Mud bubbled beside the hot spring after the heavy rain.
大雨過後，熱泉旁的泥巴不停冒泡。
The sauce began to bubble as Greta stirred the pot.
Greta 攪拌鍋子時，醬汁開始冒泡。
At the shoreline, water bubbled through cracks in the black rock.
海岸邊的水從黑色岩石裂縫中冒泡而出。
- go still
stop moving and forming bubbles
文法句型
begin to bubble
bubble over
bubble through [surface]
用法筆記
Most often used of liquid, mud, or water from the ground. 'Bubble over' often means the liquid rises too high and spills out of the container.
常見錯誤
2. to be so full of lively feeling, talk, or activity that it seems ready to pour o
洋溢
充滿興奮或活力
to be so full of lively feeling, talk, or activity that it seems ready to pour out
The twins bubbled with excitement on the morning of the trip.
雙胞胎在出遊那天早上都洋溢著興奮。
bubble with [feeling]
Even after midnight, the square bubbled with music and laughter.
即使過了午夜，廣場上仍洋溢著音樂和笑聲。
bubble with [activity]
Priya bubbled about the concert as soon as she got home.
Priya 一到家，就興高采烈地談著那場演唱會。
The class bubbled with new ideas during the science fair.
科展期間，整個班上都洋溢著新的點子。
- drag
feel slow, flat, or without energy
文法句型
bubble with [feeling/activity]
bubble about [topic]
用法筆記
Usually followed by 'with' plus a feeling or activity, or 'about' plus the thing someone talks about. Distinguish from sense 1: here the subject is people, places, or events full of energy, not liquid making air pockets.
常見錯誤
3. to place people in small fixed groups that mostly mix only with one another, or
組防疫圈
把人固定分成小接觸群
to place people in small fixed groups that mostly mix only with one another, or to stay in such a group
The daycare bubbled children by room during the winter virus outbreak.
冬季病毒流行期間，托育中心按教室把孩子分成防疫圈。
bubble people by [group]
Children were bubbled in pairs for the bus ride home.
孩子們搭校車回家時，被固定分成兩人一組。
be bubbled in [group]
During camp, we bubbled with the same six families.
夏令營期間，我們只和固定的那六個家庭待在同一個防疫圈裡。
The summer camp bubbled campers by cabin after one child got sick.
有孩子生病後，夏令營按小木屋把學員分成防疫圈。
- mix freely
have normal contact with many others
文法句型
bubble people by [group]
be bubbled in [group]
bubble with [people]
用法筆記
Common in public-health settings. Frequently passive when talking about how people were grouped, and often followed by 'with' when the subject stays inside one fixed contact set.