bolster

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɒlstə/|/ˈbəʊlstə/|[ˈbɒʊlstə]    美 /ˈboʊlstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.
    — And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, / This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.
  2. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
    — This Arm ſhall be a Bolſter for thy Head, / I'll fetch clean Straw to make my Soldier's Bed; / There, while thou ſleep'ſt, my Apron o'er thee hold, / Or with it patch thy Tent againſt the Cold.
  3. A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
  4. A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.
  5. A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
  6. The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
  7. The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
  8. The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
  9. The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
    — Its [the Ionic's column's] ancient capital is generally formed of two parallel bolsters
  10. A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. historical
  11. That which supports or promotes; a catalyst. figuratively
    — My health too has been better since you took away that Montero cap. I have left off cayenned eggs and such bolsters to discomfort.
  12. A wide-bladed cold chisel designed to split and shape bricks.
动词 v.
  1. To brace, reinforce, secure, or support. figuratively,often,transitive
    — Puget also teamed up with Matt Hyde (Deftones, Slayer) to co-produce the record, which was another smart move: Together, the pair ensures that AFI (The Blood Album)'s arrangements are streamlined, but bolstered by just the right amount of atmospheric texture.

词形变化

bolsters plural boulster alternative bowster alternative,Scotland bouster alternative,Scotland boster alternative,Scotland bolsters present,singular,third-person bolstering participle,present bolstered participle,past bolstered past boulster alternative bowster alternative,Scotland bouster alternative,Scotland boster alternative,Scotland

词汇关系

衍生词
bolsterless bolster wagon bogie bolster wagon

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“pillow, cushion”). Cognate with Scots bowster (“bolster”), West Frisian bulster (“mattress”), Dutch bolster (“husk, shell”), German Polster (“bolster, pillow, pad”), Swedish bolster (“soft mattress, bolster”), Icelandic bólstur (“pillow”).
词源 2
From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“pillow, cushion”). Cognate with Scots bowster (“bolster”), West Frisian bulster (“mattress”), Dutch bolster (“husk, shell”), German Polster (“bolster, pillow, pad”), Swedish bolster (“soft mattress, bolster”), Icelandic bólstur (“pillow”).
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