bob up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner une apparition soudaine ou inattendue, souvent de manière vive ou énergique.

A phrasal verb used to indicate appearing or emerging suddenly or unexpectedly, often in a lively or buoyant manner.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Appear suddenlyinformalbritish

   To appear or emerge unexpectedly or quickly.

   Surgir soudainement

   • He bobbed up from behind the sofa and surprised everyone.
   • The question bobbed up during the discussion.
   • New problems keep bobbing up as we try to solve the old ones.

   Synonymesappearemergematerializepop upshow upspring upsurfaceturn up

2. Move up and downinformal

   To move quickly upward, especially on the surface of water.

   remonter à la surface

   • The cork bobbed up to the surface of the water.
   • The buoy bobbed up and down with the waves.
   • A small fish bobbed up to catch a fly.

   Synonymesbobfloatpop uprisesurface

   Antonymesdiveplungesinksubmerge

Verbe de basebob