名詞 buoy:

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

動詞 buoy:

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

1. Share prices were buoyed up by hopes of an end to the recession.
   因經(jīng)濟衰退狀況終止有望，股票價格得以保持高位。
2. The raft was buoyed up by empty petrol cans.
   這木筏依靠空汽油桶的浮力漂浮。
3. We felt buoyed up by the good news.
   我們覺得這個好消息很令人鼓舞。
4. I threw a life buoy to him when I saw his struggling.
   看到他在掙扎，我給他扔了一個救生圈過去。

buoy

n.（名詞）
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?！?/i> 浮標(biāo)：常帶有鈴或燈的漂浮物，在水上漂浮用來作危險警告或航道指示
A life buoy.
救生圈
v.tr.（及物動詞）
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.
通過流浮在水面上的滑翔機

To maintain at a high level; support:
保持高水平；支撐，支持：
例句：
.the persistent . . . takeover speculation, which has buoyed up the shares of banks.(Financial Times)
.由銀行股份支持的長期接管計劃.(金融時報)

To hearten or inspire; uplift:
鼓舞，激勵；使振作：
例句：
.buoyed up by the team spirit and the pride of the older generation back at home.(Judith Martin)
.被退休在家的老一輩隊員的榮譽所激勵.(朱迪思·馬丁)

To mark with or as if with a buoy.
用浮標(biāo)指示：用浮標(biāo)標(biāo)明或好似用浮標(biāo)標(biāo)明

來源：
Middle English boie
中古英語 boie
from Old French boue
源自 古法語 boue
[probably of Germanic origin] * see bh3-
[可能源于日耳曼語源] *參見 bh3-