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Definition of spume in English: spumenoun spjuːmspjum mass nounliterary Froth or foam, especially that found on waves. (尤指浪花的)泡沫 the spume of the white-capped waves Example sentencesExamples - The late winter sun was shining brightly and big waves hurled themselves against the rocks, sending sheets of white spume up along the cliffs.
- They waded into the shallow waves and their dresses billowed in the spume.
- Today, the waves are no more than white flecks of spume, gently nudging their way to shore.
- Beyond them a tail of white spume rose into the air as the river cascaded over jutting black rocks.
- When the towering pinnacles of Ben Mor and the Karakora Ranges loomed up across the spume, all aboard felt relief.
Synonyms foam, froth, surf, spindrift, spray fizz, effervescence, bubbles, head, mousse lather, suds
verb spjuːmspjum [no object]literary Form or produce a mass of froth or foam. 起泡沫 water was spuming under the mill 磨坊下的水正在冒泡。 Example sentencesExamples - Lightening crashed, thunder rolled, ash and molten lava spumed from the mountains.
- It was a cold, clear night and the sea was beginning to fret, spuming over the harbour walls.
Synonyms froth, froth up, cream, bubble, fizz, effervesce, spume, lather, ferment, rise, boil, seethe, simmer
Derivativesadjective literary The mood is perfect for damp blustery walks along the spumous edge of the thundering waters, and strolls through the Oakwood Cemetery. Example sentencesExamples - The fierce rollers of the spumous sea broke and recoiled, foaming upon the sandy beach.
adjective literary Photographs of a spumy coastline are separated by a horizontal strip of images taken of the artist's crisp shadow on the sunny beach.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French (e)spume or Latin spuma. Rhymesabloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom Definition of spume in US English: spumenounspjumspyo͞om literary Froth or foam, especially that found on waves. (尤指浪花的)泡沫 Example sentencesExamples - Beyond them a tail of white spume rose into the air as the river cascaded over jutting black rocks.
- Today, the waves are no more than white flecks of spume, gently nudging their way to shore.
- They waded into the shallow waves and their dresses billowed in the spume.
- The late winter sun was shining brightly and big waves hurled themselves against the rocks, sending sheets of white spume up along the cliffs.
- When the towering pinnacles of Ben Mor and the Karakora Ranges loomed up across the spume, all aboard felt relief.
Synonyms foam, froth, surf, spindrift, spray
verbspjumspyo͞om [no object]literary Form or produce a mass of froth or foam. 起泡沫 water was spuming under the mill 磨坊下的水正在冒泡。 Example sentencesExamples - Lightening crashed, thunder rolled, ash and molten lava spumed from the mountains.
- It was a cold, clear night and the sea was beginning to fret, spuming over the harbour walls.
Synonyms froth, froth up, cream, bubble, fizz, effervesce, spume, lather, ferment, rise, boil, seethe, simmer
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French ( e)spume or Latin spuma. |