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frothy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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froth·y /ˈfrɒθi $ ˈfrɒːθi/ adjective  1 DFDa liquid that is frothy has lots of small bubbles on top 表面起泡沫的 a mug of frothy coffee 一大杯泡沫咖啡2. IMPORTANTa frothy book, film etc is enjoyable but not serious or important 〔书、电影等〕有趣但浅薄的,不严肃的n3. a frothy market is one in which prices of something are rising and beginning to be higher than the thing’s real value – used in businessfrothily adverb
Examples from the Corpus
frothyBeat egg whites and sugar until whites are frothy.It's not a superscientific exhibition, but kind of frothy and nice for summer.Order a frothy cappuccino and sit back and relax.They collected steaming mugs of frothy coffee and sat down opposite the gleaming silver water boiler.In the other three novels frothy dialogue and sparkling wit tend to overshadow the deeper philosophical issues at stake.Whip it into a frothy, intoxicating potion.Impressively blackened rocks loomed large, their outer edges darkly green against the frothy white-capped waves.Everywhere was perfumed, frothy with flowers.
froth·y adjectiveLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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frothy
frothy /ˈfrɒθi $ ˈfrɒːθi/ adjective
1. a liquid that is frothy has lots of small bubbles on top:
    a mug of frothy coffee
2. a frothy book, film etc is enjoyable but not serious or important
—frothily adverb


frothyBrE /ˈfrɒθi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfrɔːθi/ 🔊 adjective (froth·ier, frothi·est) (of liquids 液体) having a mass of small bubbles on the surface 有泡沫的;起泡沫的frothy coffee泡沫咖啡seeming attractive and enjoyable but having no real value 华而不实的;夸夸其谈的;花架子的frothy romantic novels轻浮浅薄的浪漫小说(of clothes or cloth 衣服或布料) light and delicate 轻薄精巧的