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bobble

noun
🔊/ˈbɒbl/
🔊/ˈbɑːbl/
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  1. (British English) a small, soft ball, usually made of wool, that is used especially for decorating clothes小绒球，小羊毛球（尤用作衣服缀饰）
     synonym pom-pom
    • a bobble hat (= a woolly hat with a bobble on top)顶上饰有小绒球的帽子
  2. a piece of elastic with a small ball or other decoration on it, used to tie hair back 装饰发圈（带有小球或其他饰物）
    3. Word Origin1920s: diminutive of bob ‘the hairstyle’.

bobble

verb
🔊/ˈbɒbl/
🔊/ˈbɑːbl/
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bobble
🔊/ˈbɒbl/
🔊/ˈbɑːbl/
he / she / it bobbles
🔊/ˈbɒblz/
🔊/ˈbɑːblz/
past simple bobbled
🔊/ˈbɒbld/
🔊/ˈbɑːbld/
past participle bobbled
🔊/ˈbɒbld/
🔊/ˈbɑːbld/
-ing form bobbling
🔊/ˈbɒblɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbɑːblɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move along the ground with small bounces弹跳着向前移动
    • The ball somehow bobbled into the net.球不知怎么在地上弹了几下钻入网窝。🔊🔊
  2. [transitive] bobble something (North American English) to drop a ball or to fail to stop it漏球；漏接球；没有停住球
    • She tried to catch the ball but bobbled it.她想要接球，但没有接住。🔊🔊
  3. [intransitive] (British English, informal) (of a piece of clothing, especially one made of wool衣服，尤指毛料的) to become covered in very small balls of fibre起绒线球
    4. Word Origin1920s: diminutive of bob ‘the hairstyle’.