English Dictionary

bubble

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbʌb.əl/

名詞

広義 比喩的用法 廃用 コックニー 俗語 歴史的 略語 別表記

A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid. / A small spherical cavity in a solid material. / (by extension) Anything resembling a hollow sphere.

日本語の意味

空気または他のガスが球状に閉じ込められたもの、特に石鹸水などで作られる泡。 / 固体中の小さな球状の空洞。 / 比喩的に、空洞または膨らんだ状態を示すもの（例：経済のバブル）。

A child blew a delicate bubble that drifted toward the sunlit trees.

子どもが吹いた繊細なしゃぼん玉が木漏れ日の差す木々へと漂っていった。

意味（1）

A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.

意味（2）

A small spherical cavity in a solid material.

bubbles in window glass, or in a lens

意味（3）

(by extension) Anything resembling a hollow sphere.

意味（4）

(figuratively) Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.

Then a soldier […] / Seeking the bubble reputation / Even in the cannon's mouth

意味（5）

(economics) A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.

real estate bubble

意味（6）

(figuratively) The emotional and/or physical atmosphere in which the subject is immersed.

Thomas, so often West Brom's most positive attacker down their left side and up against Salgado, twice almost burst the bubble of excitement around the ground but he had two efforts superbly saved by Robinson.

意味（7）

An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.

Later that day, the unit was staffed with only one officer, who was required to stay in the bubble.

意味（8）

(obsolete) Someone who has been ‘bubbled’ or fooled; a dupe.

Gany's a cheat, and I'm a bubble.

意味（9）

A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.

意味（10）

The globule of air in the chamber of a spirit level.

意味（11）

(Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.

Are you having a bubble?!

意味（12）

(Cockney rhyming slang) A Greek.

意味（13）

(computing, historical) Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.

意味（14）

(poker) The point in a poker tournament when the last player without a prize loses all their chips and leaves the game, leaving only players that are going to win prizes. (e.g., if the last remaining 9 players win prizes, then the point when the 10th player leaves the tournament)

Many players tend to play timidly (not play many hands) around the bubble, to keep their chips and last longer in the game.

意味（15）

A group of people who are in quarantine together.

There was an empty room and this is my house, Mark Philip told the Herald. Where am I supposed to go? Whose bubble am I supposed to infect?

意味（16）

Short for travel bubble.

意味（17）

(television, slang) A bulb or lamp; the part of a lighting assembly that actually produces the light.

A bare lamp (bulb, globe, 'bubble') radiates light in all directions.

bubbles （ plural ）