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单词 buoyancy
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buoyancy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/us
/ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/

buoyancynoun[U](FLOATING)

thequalityof beingabletofloat:
Wetestedtheboatfor buoyancy.
Heswamwith aninflatablebuoyancydevice.
More examples
  • Irise,gainingbuoyancy asairfillsmylungs.
  • Theweightof thecargoaffectedthe buoyancy of thevehicle.
  • The ball's buoyancypulledhim back up to thesurface.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
  • bail out
  • buoy
  • buoyant
  • buoyantly
  • capsize
  • ducking
  • float
  • floatation
  • flotation
  • founder
  • ground
  • keel over
  • kickboard
  • outrigger
  • refloat
  • resurface
  • ride
  • ridesomethingout
  • sunken
  • waterlogged
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buoyancynoun[U](SUCCESS)

thequalityof beingsuccessfulorableto make aprofit:
There iscontinuedbuoyancy in thepropertymarket.
The buoyancy of theoilmarketislikelytoencouragepricegrowth.
More examples
  • Bookpublishersreportedbuoyancy in the 24+agegroupmarket.
  • Thetrendhas beendrivenby buoyancy instockmarketprices.
  • Buoyancy in New York alsohelpedtheFTSE100index.
  • Europe'seconomyhasdrawnmuch ofitsbuoyancy fromgrowingexports.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Successful (things or people)
  • achiever
  • alive
  • alpha male
  • ascendant
  • baller
  • bang
  • carry
  • chart
  • have the world atyourfeetidiom
  • healthily
  • heavy hitteridiom
  • high-flyer
  • high-flying
  • pocket
  • represent
  • superhit
  • superseller
  • swimmingly
  • thriving
  • to have arrivedidiom
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buoyancynoun[U](HAPPINESS)

ahappy,positivequality,especiallyinspiteofproblems:
He was a man ofremarkablebuoyancy.
More examples
  • She wasnormallysubdued, but today sheradiatedbuoyancy.
  • Thiscatchytrackhas ahappybuoyancy.
  • His buoyancy had not beenpuncturedby any of theseevents.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
  • alacrity
  • animation
  • ardour
  • avidity
  • boosterism
  • commotion
  • flirtation
  • frenzy
  • friskiness
  • frisson
  • frolic
  • get-up-and-go
  • hubbub
  • perkiness
  • physicality
  • piquancy
  • pizzazz
  • pzazz
  • whirl
  • zealousness
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buoyant
(Definition ofbuoyancyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

buoyancy| American Dictionary

buoyancy
noun[U]
us
/ˈbɔɪ·ən·si,ˈbu·jən-/
theabilitytofloat:
Wetesteddifferentmaterialsfor buoyancy.
(Definition ofbuoyancyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

buoyancy| Business English

buoyancy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbɔɪənsi/us
successand a lot ofactivityin aneconomy,market, etc.:
Costs have beenpushedup bythe buoyancy ofthepublicsector.
theconditionofincreasingorstayingat a highlevel:
Thenewsfailedtogive buoyancy tothe company'sshares.
(Definition ofbuoyancyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbuoyancy

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This gradient, established and maintained by the surfacebuoyancyflux through the process of turbulent convection, is what draws fluid in from the external reservoir.
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At a certain depth, the heaters are turned on, and the robot ascends due to its now positivebuoyancy, resulting from its reduced density.
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The results obtained by using that formula were compared with the total staticbuoyancyforce exerted on the caudal fluid column.
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The function of lipids within the intramolluscan stages is speculative and suggested functions arebuoyancy, energy reserves, metabolic waste products, and others.
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The detached amphibolitized oceanic crust may then return to shallow depths as a result of its positivebuoyancyagainst the denser surrounding mantle.
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The magnetic mechanism predominates over thebuoyancymechanism in fluid layers about 1 mm thick.
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It also shows the hot fluid moving around the circumference of the cylinder under the influence of the non-axial component ofbuoyancyforce.
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This will no longer hold ifbuoyancyeffects are sufficiently strong to create a gravity tongue, such as in the reference flow discussed above.
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This may be followed by a (previously investigated) purely inertial phase, wherein thebuoyancyforce of the intruding fluid is balanced by the inertial force.
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Lithosphericbuoyancyand collisional orogenesis: subduction of oceanic plateaus, continental margins, island arcs, spreading ridges, and seamounts.
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However, in both numerical and laboratory experiments, the phenomenon ofbuoyancyspreading due to localized baroclinic vortices is clearly observed.
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The fluid will be accelerated bybuoyancyforces alone and balancedessentially by viscous shear forces.
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Thebuoyancyfalls essentially to zero at a height of 704m and goes negative at a height of about 1400.
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In the foregoing equations for two-layer flows with surfacebuoyancyflux, it is equation (14) which governs the dynamics of the system.
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The limited horizontal extent of the forcing results in abuoyancygradient across the sill and an associated circulation.
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