| 释义 |
buoy /boi; boi/ n 1 floating object, anchored to the bottom, used to show a navigable channel or to indicate reefs, submerged wrecks, etc. (固定于海底而漂浮于海面上, 用以指示航道或礁石、海面下的沈船等之) 浮标; 浮筒。 2 (also 亦作 'life—) sth designed to keep a person afloat in the water, eg sth made of cork or sth that can be inflated with air. (用软木或可充气之材料制成的) 救生圈。→ the illus at life. 参看 life 之插图。 vr 1 [VP6A] mark the position of with. a 以浮标招示： ~ a reck/channel. 以浮标指示破船残骸 (航道) 。 2 [VP15B] ~ up, keep afloat; (fig) keep up hopes, etc: 使漂浮; (喻) 保持希望等; 振作; 鼓舞; 支持： ~ed up with new hope. 为新希望所鼓舞。 |