buoy英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes

— While comm buoys allow rapid transmission, there is a finite amount of bandwidth available. Given that trillions of people may be trying to pass a message through a given buoy at any one time, access to the network is parceled out on priority tiers.
A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes; A lifebuoy; a life preserver.
A sign where the non-dominant hand is held in a stationary configuration as a landmark for meaning associations with the dominant hand.

— list buoy

动词 v.

To keep afloat or aloft; used with up. transitive
To support or maintain at a high level. transitive

— “My Heart Will Go On” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on Feb. 28, 1998, buoying the Titanic soundtrack’s 16-week run atop the Billboard 200.
To mark with a buoy. transitive

— to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel
To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.

— Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.

词形变化

buoys plural buoys present,singular,third-person buoying participle,present buoyed participle,past buoyed past

词汇关系

衍生词

anchor buoy bell buoy breeches buoy buoyage buoyancy buoyant buoylike buoy rope buoy tender cable buoy can buoy conical buoy dan buoy depicting buoy fragment buoy lifebuoy life buoy life-buoy light buoy list buoy mooring buoy nun buoy pointer buoy pull buoy ring buoy safety buoy sonobuoy spar buoy stream the buoy theme buoy whistling buoy buoy up upbuoy

词源

词源 1

From Middle English boy, boye, from Middle Dutch boeye (“float, buoy”), from Old French boue (“piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”) (modern French bouée), ultimately from Frankish *baukn (“beacon”), from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Doublet of beacon.
Alternatively, and perhaps less likely (due to the unexplained shift in meaning), from Middle Dutch boeye (“shackle, fetter”), from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”), from Latin boia (“a (leather) collar, band, fetter”), from Ancient Greek βόεος (bóeos), βόειος (bóeios, “of ox-hide”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).
Noun sense 2 was coined by American linguist Scott K. Lindell in 2003.

词源 2

From Middle English boy, boye, from Middle Dutch boeye (“float, buoy”), from Old French boue (“piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”) (modern French bouée), ultimately from Frankish *baukn (“beacon”), from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Doublet of beacon.
Alternatively, and perhaps less likely (due to the unexplained shift in meaning), from Middle Dutch boeye (“shackle, fetter”), from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”), from Latin boia (“a (leather) collar, band, fetter”), from Ancient Greek βόεος (bóeos), βόειος (bóeios, “of ox-hide”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).
Noun sense 2 was coined by American linguist Scott K. Lindell in 2003.