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blubber

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++blub·ber1 /ˈblʌbə $ -ər/ (also blub /blʊb/) verb [intransitive]  CRYto cry noisily, especially in a way that annoys people 号哭,大哭〔尤指哭得让人讨厌〕→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
blubberQuit blubbering!Now, of course, we have them blubbering all over the place.Three decades on and he's still enthralled - he almost falls blubbering at John Lee's feet.I just stay there, squatting on the pavement, blubbering like a baby.
blubber2 noun [uncountable]  HBAthe fat of sea animals, especially whales 海兽脂肪;〔尤指〕鲸脂
Examples from the Corpus
blubberLarge quantities of unused frozen meat and blubber have been found on rubbish dumps after recent drives.She has lost most of her blubber and she is starving.They chewed at it until, softened, it yielded, like blubber or leather, to their understanding.Is it the thin grayish covering, or is it the twelve to fifteen inch layer of blubber which surrounds his body?Moving closer, Miles watched as strips of blubber were placed along with heated stones into canoes filled with water.Aquatic birds and mammals, equipped with subcutaneous blubber, may also have a covering of fur or feathers.A large piece of whale blubber, bearing the marks of fleshing knives, has been discovered off west Falkland.
Origin blubber1 (1400-1500) blubber to make a bubbling sound ((14-18 centuries)), from blubber bubble; → BLUBBER2 blubber2 (1600-1700) blubber bubble, foam ((14-19 centuries)), probably from the sound of bubbling; perhaps because the inside parts of fish, whales, etc. seem to bubble when they are cut open
Corpus especially to cry a annoys way people in that noisily,


blubber
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blubber1 /ˈblʌbə $ -ər/ (also blub /blʊb/) verb [intransitive]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Origin: blubber 'to make a bubbling sound' (14-18 centuries), from blubber 'bubble'; blubber2
to cry noisily, especially in a way that annoys people

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blubber2 noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: blubber 'bubble, foam' (14-19 centuries), probably from the sound of bubbling; perhaps because the inside parts of fish, whales, etc. seem to bubble when they are cut open
the fat of sea animals, especially whales


blub·berBrE /ˈblʌbə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblʌbər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the fat of whales and other sea animals 鲸脂;海兽脂
blub·berBrE /ˈblʌbə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblʌbər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they blubber BrE /ˈblʌbə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblʌbər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it blubbers BrE /ˈblʌbəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblʌbərz/ 🔊past simple blubbered BrE /ˈblʌbəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblʌbərd/ 🔊past participle blubbered BrE /ˈblʌbəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblʌbərd/ 🔊 -ing form blubbering BrE /ˈblʌbərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblʌbərɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) (informal, disapproving) to cry noisily 大声哭There he sat, blubbering like a baby. 他坐在那里像个婴儿似的大哭。🔊🔊