| 单词 | buoy up |
| 释义 | buoy up (once / 11442 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY buoy up: buoyed up, buoying up, buoys up USAGE EXAMPLESI hate people who use others as props to buoy up their idiotic self-conceits. The New Yorker(Oct 17, 2016) Sometimes I wonder why I even bother learning to swim when I could just buoy up and speed up with all these water aids. New York Times(Aug 11, 2016) To my surprise, Maurice seemed buoyed up by my presence. James D. Watson, Double Helix(1968) 1 v keep afloat 2Syn|Hyper buoy hold, hold up, support, sustain be the physical support of; carry the weight of 1v become more cheerful Syn|Hyper lighten, lighten up cheer, cheer up, chirk up become cheerful 2v make more cheerful Syn|Ant|Hyper lighten, lighten up weigh down, weigh on be oppressive or disheartening to cheer show approval or good wishes by shouting |
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