sth spumes
作不及物动词,主语多为海水、液体等,表示其起泡沫。
The sea spumes.
大海泛起泡沫。
The storm has spumed all morning.
暴风雨整个早上都在起泡沫。
spume 是规则动词,过去式和过去分词加 -ed。
The waves began to spume as the storm grew stronger.
随着暴风雨加剧,海浪开始泛起泡沫。
用法提示:“spume”作动词,表示“泛起泡沫”,描述海浪起沫。
The waterfall spumes white foam as it crashes onto the rocks.
瀑布冲撞岩石时泛起白色泡沫。
用法提示:“spume”用第三人称单数形式“spumes”,表示“冒泡沫”。
The sea was spuming so hard that the sailors could barely see the shore.
大海猛烈地泛起泡沫,水手们几乎看不到海岸。
用法提示:“spume”的进行时“spuming”强调持续起沫。
作不及物动词,主语多为海水、液体等,表示其起泡沫。
The sea spumes.
大海泛起泡沫。
常后接地点或方向状语,补充泡沫出现的位置或方向。
The waves spumed over the rocks.
海浪在岩石上泛起泡沫。
grammar · medium
易错句子The waves were spumeing against the rocks.
正确表达The waves were spuming against the rocks.
以不发音的 e 结尾的动词加 -ing 时要先去掉 e,所以是 spume→spuming,不能保留 e 写成 spumeing。
grammar · medium
易错句子The spume sea dashed over the harbour wall.
正确表达The spuming sea dashed over the harbour wall.
spume 是动词,动词原形不能直接放在名词前作定语;表示“正在起泡沫的”要用现在分词 spuming(相当于 foaming),由分词充当形容词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The hot soup spume over the edge of the pot.
正确表达The hot soup spumes over the edge of the pot.
主语 the hot soup 是第三人称单数,一般现在时的谓语动词必须加 -s,写成 spumes;汉语没有主谓一致,这个词尾容易被漏掉。
两者都可指液体表面起泡,但 froth 更常用,也可及物(如 froth the milk);spume 更书面、偏文学,多作不及物,日常表达优先用 froth。
foam 是最日常的“起泡沫”动词,英式、美式都常用;spume 语域更正式、文学化,日常描述液体起泡时用 foam 更自然。
spew 与 spume 形音相近,但 spew 指猛烈喷出、涌出(如火山灰、呕吐物),不表示“起泡沫”;描述泡沫应选 spume、froth 或 foam。
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