bubble

泡、シャボン玉

液体の中の丸い気体のかたまり、または薄い液体の膜に包まれたもの。

やさしい英語で： A small round pocket of air or gas in liquid, sometimes floating with a thin liquid covering.

• A bubble floated past me.
• The children blew bubbles in the garden.
• Tiny bubbles rose to the surface of the water.

類義語： bull

よく使う表現： soap bubble, air bubble, blow a bubble

気泡

固体の内部にある小さな丸い空洞。

やさしい英語で： A small round space inside a solid material.

• There is a bubble in the glass.
• Air bubbles weakened the plastic part.
• The jeweller spotted tiny bubbles inside the stone.

使い方： a bubble in something (A bubble in the lens distorted the image.)

類義語： cavity, void

よく使う表現： bubble in something, glass bubble, trapped bubble

冗談

主に質問で、相手がふざけているか、無茶を言っているとほのめかす言葉。

やさしい英語で： A laugh, especially in a question suggesting that someone is joking or being unreasonable.

• Are you having a bubble?
• You must be having a bubble if you expect me to pay that.
• He asked if she was having a bubble when she named her price.

類義語： laugh

よく使う表現： have a bubble, having a bubble

泡立つ、ぶくぶくする

気泡ができたり、通り抜ける気体で液体がぶくぶく動いたりする。

やさしい英語で： To form small pockets of gas, or make a liquid rise and move as gas passes through it.

• The water began to bubble.
• Soup bubbled gently on the stove.
• Gas bubbles up through the warm liquid.

類義語： fizz

よく使う表現： bubble gently, bubble away, bubble up, bubble on something

湧き上がる

感情や状態が内側で強まり、しばしば表に現れてくる。

やさしい英語で： To develop strongly inside someone or something, often becoming noticeable.

• Excitement began to bubble inside her.
• Old resentment bubbled up during the argument.
• New ideas were bubbling beneath the surface.

使い方： bubble up (Anger bubbled up as he read the letter.); bubble with something (The children were bubbling with excitement.)

類義語： well up, stir

よく使う表現： bubble up, bubble with excitement, bubble beneath something