Ⅰ ? （鼓起而松軟的東西） sth. puffy and soft: 豆腐 ～ 兒 beancurd puff; 眼 ～ upper eyelid
? [方] （小湖） small lake Ⅱ ? (虛而松軟； 不堅(jiān)硬) spongy: 這木料發(fā) ～。 This wood is spongy. Ⅲ ? （用于屎和尿）: 拉一 ～ 屎 have a shit; 撒一 ～ 尿 make water; urinate; piss
另見(jiàn) see also pào。
◆泡貨 [方] bulky cargo; 泡桐 {植} paulownia; empress tree; princess tree; 泡子 [方] a small lake
泡pào
Ⅰ ? （氣泡） bubble: 肥皂 ～ 兒 soap bubbles; 冒 ～ 兒 send up bubbles; rise in bubbles; 他用肥皂水吹 ～。 He blows bubbles with soap water.
? （像泡一樣的東西） sth. shaped like a bubble: 電燈 ～ electric light bulb; 手上起了 ～ get [raise] blisters on one's palm Ⅱ ? ? （較長(zhǎng)時(shí)間地放在液體中） steep; soak: 把蔬菜 ～ 在鹽水里 steep vegetables in brine; 讓衣服在肥皂水中 ～ 幾小時(shí)。 Let the clothes soak for a few hours in soapy water. 她用開(kāi)水 ～ 茶。 She steeped the tea in boiling water.
? （故意消磨時(shí)間） dawdle; dillydally: 別瞎 ～ 了，快把工作做完！ Stop dawdling and finish your work!
另見(jiàn) see also pāo。
◆泡病號(hào) dawdle with an excuse of illness; be on long leave on pretence of being ill; malinger for a long time; 泡菜 pickled vegetables; pickles; sauerkraut; kraut; 泡茶 make tea; 泡飯 soak cooked rice in soup or water; cooked rice reheated in boiling water; thick gruel (from recooked rice); 泡蘑菇 use delaying tactics; play for time; soak dry mushrooms in water; engage in ceaseless quibbling; temporize; act in such a way as to gain time; play a game of stalling; stall for time; dawdle; waste time; 泡沫 foam; froth; spume; yeast; bead; 泡沫經(jīng)濟(jì) foam economy; frothy economy; 泡沫板 cystosepiment; 泡沫塑料 polyfoam; bipeltate; foamed plastic; 泡泡 papaw; pawpaw; 泡湯 [方] hope dashed to pieces; 泡漩 water current with rough waves and whirlpools; 泡影 visionary hope, plan, scheme, etc.; bubble; naught; zilch; 泡影夢(mèng)幻 like a vanishing dream; dreams and bubbles; 泡子 [口] bulb
泡
soaking something in water