bulb• Before buying, check that maintenance and bulb cleaning can be carried out easily and safely.• Which leads to the brightestbulb 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 narcissusbulbs that I had been so carefully forcing to bloom in January.• Halogenlamps 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.
Originbulb
(1500-1600)Latinbulbus, from Greekbolbos“plant with a bulb”
1part of an electric lamp電燈ADJECTIVE | VERB + BULB | BULB + VERBADJECTIVE➤electric電燈泡➤light電燈泡▸➤100-watt, 60-watt, etc. * 100 瓦、60 瓦等的電燈泡▸➤bare, naked無罩燈泡➤single單個燈泡▸➤bright, dim明亮的/昏暗的燈泡◇A single dim light bulb lit the room.屋裏只有一隻昏暗的燈泡照明。➤energy-efficient, energy-saving, low-energy (especially BrE) 節能燈泡;低能耗燈泡▸➤fluorescent, incandescent熒光燈泡;白熾燈泡▸➤halogen滷素燈泡▸➤clear, coloured/colored透明/彩色燈泡VERB + BULB➤change, replace換燈泡◇Switch the light off before you change the bulb.換燈泡前把燈關上。➤remove, unscrew取下/擰下燈泡◇Can you remove the bulb and replace it with an energy-efficient one?你能將那個燈泡取下來換上一個節能燈泡嗎?BULB + VERB➤light sth燈泡照亮⋯◇The room was lit only by a single 40-watt light bulb.房間只有一隻 40 瓦的燈泡照明。➤go燈泡壞掉◇I think the bulb is going to go. It's been flickering all evening.我想這隻燈泡就要壞了,它整個晚上一直在閃。➤flicker燈泡忽閃▸➤flash, go off燈泡閃亮/熄滅◇Red and green bulbs flashed on and off.紅紅綠綠的燈泡時明時滅地閃爍。◇There was a startled look on his face when the flashbulb went off.閃光燈閃過時,他臉上一副驚愕的表情。➤hang燈泡懸垂◇A single electric light bulb hung from the ceiling.一隻電燈泡從天花板上垂下來。➤last燈泡持續使用(⋯時間)◇These new bulbs last much longer than the ordinary ones.這些新燈泡比普通燈泡壽命長。bulb
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2round plant root(植物)鱗莖ADJECTIVE | VERB + BULB | BULB + VERBADJECTIVE➤flower花的鱗莖▸➤spring, spring-flowering, summer, summer-flowering春天開花的鱗莖;夏天開花的鱗莖▸➤daffodil, tulip, etc.水仙、鬱金香等鱗莖VERB + BULB➤place, plant種鱗莖◇I'm planting some bulbs for next year.我正在種一些鱗莖,為明年生長做準備。◇Place the bulbs close together.把這些鱗莖密集地埋種在一起。➤dig up, take up挖出鱗莖➤grow種植鱗莖▸➤water給鱗莖澆水◇She usually waters the indoor bulbs once a week.她通常每星期給室內的鱗莖澆一次水。BULB + VERB➤grow鱗莖生長▸➤flower鱗莖開花▸➤sprout鱗莖發芽