| 释义 |
buoy/bɔi/ n. & v.●n. 1 an anchored float serving as a navigation mark or to show reefs etc. 浮标；航标(用作航海或礁石的标志) 2 a lifebuoy 救生圈 ●v. tr. 1 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 up)a keep afloat 使浮起 b sustain the courage or spirits of (a person etc.); uplift, encourage 使(某人)保持勇气(或精神)；振奋；鼓励 2 (often foll. by 通常后跟 out) mark with a buoy or buoys 用浮标标出 [Middle English probably from Middle Dutch bo(e)ye, from a Germanic base meaning ‘signal’] |