foam up

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become foamy, create a foam; to rise with a foamy surface or covered with something resembling foam intransitive
    — In a chastened mood, Helen returned to her own room and lit her spirit-lamp, in order to re-boil the coffee. She was watching the brown bubbles foam up in the saucepan, when she heard the front-door bell.
  2. To take place, arise, erupt, develop. figuratively,intransitive
    — A tide of Republican scandal foamed up last week and engulfed Germany's greatest post-War soldier, Hans von Seeckt, “The Man with the Iron Monocle.”
  3. To cause to become foamy; to cover with foam. transitive
    — As I routinely foamed up his grand lattes, he’d share details about his homicide cases (not to mention his rocky marriage, which was still bordering on divorce).

词形变化

foams up present,singular,third-person foaming up participle,present foamed up participle,past foamed up past

词汇关系

近义词
froth up
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