blubber

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blub·ber1 /ˈblʌbə $ -ər/ (also blub /blʊb/) verb [intransitiveI]

CRYto cry noisily, especially in a way that annoys people 号哭，大哭〔尤指哭得让人讨厌〕

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blubber• Quit 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 [uncountableU]

HBAthe fat of sea animals, especially whales 海兽脂肪；〔尤指〕鲸脂

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blubber• Large 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

blub·ber1 verbblubber2 noun

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