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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.bubble
水里直冒泡。
The water is bubbling.
水开时,水面会起泡。
When water boils, bubbles rise to the surface.
肥皂泡
soap bubble
水泡
water bubble
- 2
v.sop; soak; steep
把面包泡在牛奶中。
Sop bread in milk.
她用沸水泡茶。
She makes tea with boiling water.
她的双手在水里泡得发白。
Her hands turned pale after being soaked in water.
泡脚
soak one's feet in warm water
synonym
- 3
n.something shaped like a bubble
手上起了泡
get blisters in one's palm
电灯泡
electric light bulb
烫了个泡
have a blister from a burn
新鞋把我的脚磨出了泡。
The new shoes have given me blisters.
- 4
v.kill time; dawdle
他在茶馆泡了两小时。
He dawdled two hours in the tea house.
别瞎泡了!
Stop dawdling!
别整天泡在书本里。
Don't spend all day reading.
synonym
Words and phrases with 泡
Word usage
- Note"泡"is usually pronounced as "pào"; when pronounced as "pāo", it is used as a quantifier, or it is used for certain place names and things, such as "一泡尿" and "眼泡".
- common measure word"泡" is often matched with measure word "个".
一个泡
one bubble