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单词 buoy
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buoy
noun[C]
uk
/bɔɪ/us
/bɔɪ/us
/ˈbuː.i/
afloatingobjecton thetopof thesea, used fordirectingshipsandwarningthem ofpossibledanger
浮标；航标
picture of buoy
Cludio Policarpo / EyeEm/GettyImages
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Navigation & shipwrecks
  • astrolabe
  • chart
  • circumnavigation
  • foghorn
  • lane
  • lighthouse
  • narrows
  • navigability
  • navigable
  • navigational
  • passage
  • pilot
  • quadrant
  • refloat
  • sextant
  • shipwreck
  • sonar
  • the doldrums
  • the Pole Star
  • yaw
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Boats & sailing craft
buoy
verb
uk
/bɔɪ/us
/bɔɪ/us
/ˈbuː.i/

buoyverb(FLOAT)

[T]
topreventsomeone or something fromsinking:
使浮起
The verysaltywaterbuoyed her(up)as sheswam.她游泳时，含盐量非常高的水使她漂浮了起来。
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Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
  • bail out
  • buoyancy
  • buoyant
  • buoyantly
  • capsize
  • ducking
  • float
  • floatation
  • flotation
  • founder
  • ground
  • keel over
  • kickboard
  • outrigger
  • refloat
  • ride
  • scupper
  • scuttle
  • sunken
  • waterlogged
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Physical supports and supporting

buoyverb(MAKE HAPPIER)

[Tusually passive]
to make someonefeelhappieror moreconfidentabout asituation:
鼓舞；鼓励，使…更自信
She was buoyed(up)by thewarmreceptionheraudiencegave her.观众们热烈的欢迎使她倍受鼓舞。
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Encouraging and urging on
  • abet
  • barrack forsomeone
  • bread
  • bring
  • bringsomeoneout
  • cheer
  • get in there!idiom
  • get out of here!idiom
  • go on
  • good/great/lovely stuff!idiom
  • goose
  • mentor
  • pave the wayidiom
  • pep talk
  • permit
  • prepare
  • prepare the groundidiom
  • spur
  • stimulus
  • urge
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buoyverb(MAKE SUCCESSFUL)

[Tusually passive]
tosupportsomething and make it moresuccessful:
支持；使更成功
Housepriceshave been buoyed(up)in theareaby thepossibilityof a newfactoryopening.因为可能有一家新工厂在此开设，所以该地区的房价一直居高不下。
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Backing, supporting & defending
  • adopt
  • advocacy
  • affirmation
  • allyyourselfto/withsomeone
  • argumentation
  • backbone
  • badge
  • bailout
  • champion
  • keep the flag flyingidiom
  • recommended
  • red carpet
  • reinforce
  • right behindsomeoneidiom
  • roll out the red carpetidiom
  • root
  • root forsomeone
  • stick
  • stick together
  • sympathetic
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(Definition ofbuoyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

buoy| American Dictionary

buoy
noun[C]
us
/ˈbu·i,bɔɪ/

buoynoun[C](OBJECT IN WATER)

anobjectthatfloatson thewaterto showshipswhere it issafeto go
buoy
verb[T]
us
/ˈbu·i,bɔɪ/

buoyverb[T](FEEL HAPPY)

toencourageor make someonefeelbetter:
I was really buoyed by thenicecommentson mywork.
(Definition ofbuoyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

buoy| Business English

buoy
verb[T]
uk
/bɔɪ/us
tosupportabusiness,economy, orfinancialmarketand make it moresuccessful:
be buoyed (up) by sthSharesrose50p to 810p, buoyed up bynewsof apossiblemerger.
(Definition ofbuoyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbuoy

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He offered a bold theory, buoyed by its consistency with the data of embryonic development.
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The morphology is relatively static ; progress, buoyed up by such supportive interchanges, is predictable and linear.
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However, they can still be useful for organizations in the throes of change, marker buoys in rough seas, navigational aids rather than the one and only route to take.
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The skewness of these points is derived from the returned pulse shape, while the 4 values are based on the ground truth data from surface buoys.
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In terms of a classical wave picture of light the electrons would all be agitated by the electromagnetic radiation, bobbing up and down like anchored buoys in an ocean swell.
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If there is no loss of speed as thebuoyenters the water, find how far it sinks below the surface.
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A large bell was anchored to abuoy, so the tide played a part in activating the sound as well as the wind.
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Increasingly, the state's security forces were called on tobuoyup the government's sagging authority.
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The majority of three-, four-, five- and six-year-old children in their study selected an illustration that clearly demonstrated their knowledge of a primary meaning of a homonym (such asbuoy).
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Thus, a complex parallelism between biological science and literary art helped tobuoyup the emerging literary critical edifice at the end of the nineteenth century.
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There is no reason at all why the buoys should not come to the surface.
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They go home buoyed up by the hope that they are going to get a good start.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The fishing industry still has the growing problem of drifting oil buoys and suspended wellheads.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Frequently, in our crowded harbours, ships cannot go alongside, but must go to mooring buoys.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The security precautions have recently been strengthened and the lighted buoys, fog signals and notices give adequate warning.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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