bubble

A small hollow sphere, usually of gas, inside a liquid or solid, such as the bubbles in soapy water or in the tube of a spirit level; any similar round hollow shape.

1. 1.

   A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid.

2. 2.

   a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)

   气泡

3. 3.

   A small spherical cavity in a solid material.

4. 4.

   a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control

   投机方案,依赖不可控的不稳定因素

5. 5.

   Anything resembling a hollow sphere.

6. 6.

   an impracticable and illusory idea

   不切实际的虚幻想法

7. 7.

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

8. 8.

   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.

9. 9.

   The emotional or physical atmosphere in which a subject is immersed; especially, a homogeneous atmosphere in which subjects are spared exposure to culture or ideas different from their own.

10. 10.

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

11. 11.

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

12. 12.

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

13. 13.

    In a poker tournament, the point before which eliminated players receive no prize money and after which they do; the situation where all remaining players are guaranteed prize money (in this case, the players are said to have made the bubble); the situation where all remaining players will be guaranteed prize money after some small number of players are eliminated (in this case, the players are said to be on the bubble).

14. 14.

    The cutoff point between qualifying, advancing or being invited to a tournament, or having one's competition end.

    晋级或受邀参赛与淘汰之间的分界线

15. 15.

    A quarantine environment containing multiple people or facilities isolated from the rest of society.

16. 16.

    The people who are in this quarantine.

17. 17.

    A specialized glass pipe having a sphere-shaped apparatus at one end.

    一端有球形装置的专用玻璃管

经济泡沫；投机泡沫；泡影；空想；骗局；封闭的环境；小圈子；监舍岗亭；（旧时测酒精度用的）空心浮珠

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