bulb
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bulb /bʌlb/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 
DTthe glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from 灯泡 SYN light bulb a 100-watt bulb 一个100瓦的灯泡2 HBPa root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant 〔植物的〕球茎，鳞茎，球根 tulip bulbs 郁金香球茎 →5 see picture at 见图 tree
DTthe glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from 灯泡 SYN light bulb a 100-watt bulb 一个100瓦的灯泡2 HBPa root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant 〔植物的〕球茎，鳞茎，球根 tulip bulbs 郁金香球茎 →5 see picture at 见图 treeExamples from the Corpus
bulb• Before buying, check that maintenance and bulb cleaning can be carried out easily and safely.• Which leads to the brightest bulb in the Sheffield chandelier of pop, the Longpigs.• An outside cistern could be kept from freezing by hanging a light bulb near it and leaving it on all the time.• They stole my narcissus bulbs that I had been so carefully forcing to bloom in January.• Halogen lamps give excellent service, hut the bulbs are fairly expensive to replace.• I was lying there, thinking that the bulb needed changing, the ceiling could use another coat.Origin bulb (1500-1600) Latin bulbus, from Greek bolbos “plant with a bulb”bulb nounChinese
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bulb
bulb /bʌlb/
noun [countable]
1. the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from
SYN light bulb:
a 100-watt bulb
2. a root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant:
tulip bulbs
bulb /bʌlb/
noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: bulbus, from Greek bolbos 'plant with a bulb'
Language: Latin
Origin: bulbus, from Greek bolbos 'plant with a bulb'
1. the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from
SYN light bulb:
2. a root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant:
