| 单词 | buoy |
| 释义 | buoy (once / 645 pages) nv A buoy is a floating marker that indicates the presence of underwater hazards, channels, or places for tying up boats. When buoy is a verb, it can mean to float like a buoy, literally or figuratively. Winning an award could buoy your spirits as if you are floating with pride. The verb buoy can mean "boost or increase." There aren't many things that will buoy your confidence as much as repeated compliments on how great your new haircut looks. Imagine seeing water buoy up an enormous swan, or the wind buoy up a kite. A more figurative meaning of buoy is to cheer or lift someone's spirits. One way to remember buoy's unusual spelling is the phrase, "Boats usually opt to steer around a buoy." WORD FAMILYbuoy: buoyant, buoyed, buoying, buoys+/buoyancy: buoyancies/buoyant: buoyancy, buoyantly, chirpily, non-buoyant USAGE EXAMPLESTo be fair, it isn’t only the cheerfulness of the film that buoys me and provides newfound emotional strength. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Economic fundamentals and many analysts point to positive signs that buoy the case for a continued march upward. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Those results were partially buoyed by a burst of spending in the final days before Christmas, when sales rose 6.5%, according to RetailNext. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) 1n bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards Hypo|Hyper acoustic buoy a buoy that can be heard (at night) can, can buoya buoy with a round bottom and conical top conical buoy, nun, nun buoya buoy resembling a cone spar buoya buoy resembling a vertical log bell buoy, gong buoya buoy with a bell on it whistle buoy, whistling buoya buoy that makes a whistling noise point of reference, reference, reference point an indicator that orients you generally 2v keep afloat The life vest buoyed him up Syn|Hyper buoy up hold, hold up, support, sustain be the physical support of; carry the weight of 3v float on the surface of water Hyper float, swim be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom 4v mark with a buoy Hyper mark designate as if by a mark |
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