单词 | buoyancy |
释义 | buoyancy/ˈbɔɪənsi /noun [mass noun] 1The ability or tendency of something to float in water or other fluid.My lungs then re-expand, my wetsuit buoyancy returns and I float to the surface....
Synonyms ability to float, tendency to float, lightness rare floatability 1.1The power of a liquid to keep something afloat: she plunged into the sea, grateful for the buoyancy of the salt water...
Synonyms lift, lifting effect 2A cheerful and optimistic attitude or disposition.At his Balzacian best, he radiated warmth, buoyancy, optimism and hope; but in his more Dostoyevskian mode, he was consumed by doubt, loneliness, envy and disappointment....
Synonyms cheerfulness, cheeriness, happiness, light-heartedness, carefreeness, brightness, gladness, merriment, joy, bounce, effervescence, blitheness, sunniness, breeziness, jollity, joviality, animation, liveliness, life, sprightliness, jauntiness, ebullience, high spirits, vivacity, vitality, verve, sparkle, zest; optimism, confidence, hope, bullishness, sanguineness, positiveness informal pep, zing, zip 3A high level of activity in an economy or stock market: there is renewed buoyancy in the demand for steel...
Synonyms vigour, strength, high level of activity, burgeoning, resilience, growth, development, progress, improvement, expansion, mushrooming, snowballing, ballooning Rhymes |
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