English Dictionary

froth

/fɹɒθ/

verb

(transitive) To create froth in (a liquid). / (intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble. / (transitive) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

She frothed the milk for her latte.

意味（1）

(transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).

One lacquey carried the chocolate-pot into the sacred presence; a second, milled and frothed the chocolate with the little instrument he bore for that function; a third, presented the favoured napkin; a fourth (he of the two gold watches), poured the chocolate out.

意味（2）

(intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble.

Colder and louder blew the wind,

A gale from the Northeast,

The snow fell hissing in the brine,

Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast, The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast.

意味（3）

(transitive) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

The Mufti reddens; mark that holy cheek.

He frets within, froths treason at his mouth,

The Mufti reddens; mark that holy cheek. He frets within, froths treason at his mouth, And churns it thro’ his teeth […]

意味（4）

(intransitive) (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.

The clumsy suckling struck out with her still soft claws,

The clumsy suckling struck out with her still soft claws, opened her frothing mouth until her milk teeth shone.

意味（5）

(transitive) To cover with froth.

A horse froths his chain.