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单词 boost
释义

boost

[ boost ]
/ bust /
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verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Slang. to engage in stealing, especially shoplifting.

noun

Origin of boost

1805–15, Americanism; perhaps Scots dialect boose (variant of pousspush) + (hoi)st

SYNONYMS FOR boost

7 hike, growth, upsurge, upswing, uptick.
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Words nearby boost

boongary, boonies, boor, boorish, booshit, boost, booster, booster cable, booster dose, boosterish, boosterism
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British Dictionary definitions for boost

boost
/ (buːst) /

noun

verb (tr)

Word Origin for boost

C19: of unknown origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for boost

boost
[ bōōst ]

A linear map from one reference frame to another in which each coordinate is increased or decreased by an independent constant or linear function. A boost corresponds to a shift of the entire coordinate system without any rotation of its axes.
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