Buoy



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 浮标; 救生圈;v. 支持, 鼓励
• ［英］ n. 浮标 ( a floating object) ; v. 支持, 鼓励 ( encourage)
• ［类］ 反义词: unsupported ( 无支持的) -buoyed ( 支持的)
• ［例］ buoy up one's spirits ( 振作精神)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English boye, probably from Middle Dutch boeye; akin to Old High German bouhhan sign — more at beacon
• Date: 13th century
• 1. float 2; especially a floating object moored to the bottom to mark a channel or something (as a shoal) lying under the water
• 2. life buoy

II. verb

• Date: 1596
• transitive verb
  • 1. to mark by or as if by a buoy
  • 2.
    • a. to keep afloat
    • b. support, uplift <an economy buoyed by the dramatic postwar growth of industry — Time>
  • 3. to raise the spirits of — usually used with up<hope buoys him up>
• intransitive verb
  • float — usually used with up

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