3get in a lather (also work yourself into a lather) informalWORRIED to get very anxious or upset about something 紧张不安,着急,焦躁
By the time Alan called, Jody had worked herself into a lather.
等到艾伦来电话,乔迪已经急得发慌了。
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get in a lather• The mayor's supportersget in a lather over those kinds of accusation.
4in a lathervery worried, upset, or excited 焦急;紧张;激动
He was in a lather of anticipation.
他焦急地期盼着。
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in a lather• The tilljangled like a fire alarm, and Croughton the pot-bellied potman was already in a lather.• He arrived out of breath and in a lather.
2.[transitiveT]DCB to cover something with lather 〔用泡沫〕覆盖〔某物〕
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lather• Last time we tried this, the rain stopped when I was fully lathered.• He lathered his face, took out a cleanblade, and started scraping off his beard.• The small, fatofficial was soon lathered in sweat.• I rinsed the sponge as well as I could, lathered it, squeezed much black water out of it.• So I kept my mouthshut even as her hands lathered me in the colour of dirt.• Scurryingaft, I had a fastshave, using the pinkslime from the soap-dispenser to lather my face.• Would he mind it if they lathered up his chest?• I turn the water off while I'm lathering up in the shower.• Where was all that charm he had lathered with sickening profuseness on Simone?