| 单词 | boost |
| 释义 | boost (once / 373 pages) vn Think of the word boost as meaning "help up." Maybe you need a boost getting over a fence (hmm — are you sneaking in or sneaking out?), or maybe you are feeling low and need to boost your spirits — chocolate, anyone? Sometimes words appear that really don't have any clear origins. Boost is one of those words, but it's a fun word, and it's thought that maybe it has some connection to boose, a Scots dialect word that carries the idea of a push. A slang meaning of the word is to sneakily steal, like shoplifting. You gave your cousin a boost into the window, not knowing he was planning on boosting some sneakers. WORD FAMILYboost: boosted, booster, boosting, boosts+/booster: boosters USAGE EXAMPLESThe miners are banking on a boost in infrastructure spending, which they believe would offset the price declines caused by slowing growth in housing. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) If Petra Nova succeeds, it means a boost for carbon capture. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Likewise, it's not clear whether an aromatherapy diffuser needs to be smartphone-controlled, even if its scents really boost memory and clean lungs, as claimed. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) 1v increase Syn|Hyper hike, hike up bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise raise from a lower to a higher position 2v increase or raise boost the voltage in an electrical circuit Syn|Hyper advance, supercharge increase make bigger or more 3v push or shove upward, as if from below or behind The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption Hyper thrust push forcefully 4v give a boost to; be beneficial to The tax cut will boost the economy Hyper increase make bigger or more 5v contribute to the progress or growth of Syn|Hypo|Hyper advance, encourage, further, promote connive at, wink at give one's silent approval to foster, furtherpromote the growth of spurincite or stimulate helpcontribute to the furtherance of carrytake further or advance feedsupport or promote conduce, contribute, leadbe conducive to back up, support give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to 6n an increase in cost Syn|Hyper cost increase, hike, rise increase, increment the amount by which something increases 7n the act of giving a push he gave her a boost over the fence Hyper push, pushing the act of applying force in order to move something away 8n the act of giving hope or support to someone Syn|Hypo|Hyper encouragement morale booster, morale building anything that serves to increase morale aid, assist, assistance, help the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose |
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