buoy

名词 buoy:

1. bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards

动词 buoy:

1. float on the surface of water
2. keep afloat
   同义词：buoy up
3. mark with a buoy

1. Share prices were buoyed up by hopes of an end to the recession.
   因经济衰退状况终止有望，股票价格得以保持高位。
2. The raft was buoyed up by empty petrol cans.
   这木筏依靠空汽油桶的浮力漂浮。
3. We felt buoyed up by the good news.
   我们觉得这个好消息很令人鼓舞。
4. I threw a life buoy to him when I saw his struggling.
   看到他在挣扎，我给他扔了一个救生圈过去。

buoy

n.（名词）
Nautical A float, often having a bell or light, moored in water as a warning of danger or as a marker for a channel.
【航海】 浮标：常带有铃或灯的漂浮物，在水上漂浮用来作危险警告或航道指示
A life buoy.
救生圈
v.tr.（及物动词）
buoyed,buoy.ing,buoys
To keep afloat or aloft:
使浮起，使浮于水面：
例句：
a glider buoyed by air currents.
通过流浮在水面上的滑翔机

To maintain at a high level; support:
保持高水平；支撑，支持：
例句：
.the persistent . . . takeover speculation, which has buoyed up the shares of banks.(Financial Times)
.由银行股份支持的长期接管计划.(金融时报)

To hearten or inspire; uplift:
鼓舞，激励；使振作：
例句：
.buoyed up by the team spirit and the pride of the older generation back at home.(Judith Martin)
.被退休在家的老一辈队员的荣誉所激励.(朱迪思·马丁)

To mark with or as if with a buoy.
用浮标指示：用浮标标明或好似用浮标标明

来源：
Middle English boie
中古英语 boie
from Old French boue
源自 古法语 boue
[probably of Germanic origin] * see bh3-
[可能源于日耳曼语源] *参见 bh3-