bolster

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n. 支持, 长枕 vt. 支持, 支撑

发音

UK /ˈbɒlstə/
其它
UK /ˈbəʊlstə/
UK /ˈbɒʊlstə/
US /ˈboʊlstɚ/

词形变化

bolsters 复数 bolsters bolstered bolstereth bolstering bolsters 三单 bolstering 现在分词 bolstered 过去式 bolstered 过去分词

别名

boulster bowster bouster boster

教材释义与例句

名词

支持；长枕

动词

支持；支撑

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

    靠枕

    垫枕

  2. 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.

  3. 3.

    A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.

    植物学 商务 交通
  4. 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. 5.

    A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.

  6. 6.

    The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

  7. 7.

    The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.

  8. 8.

    The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.

  9. 9.

    The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

    建筑
  10. 10.

    A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.

    历史 政治 军事
  11. 11.

    That which supports or promotes; a catalyst.

    比喻
  12. 12.

    A wide-bladed cold chisel designed to split and shape bricks.

v.
  1. 1.

    To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

    加强

    支持

    巩固

    比喻 及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

pillow
动词

同义词 2

pad bolster up

上位词 8

fill shore prop reinforce fill up prop up re-enforce shore up

相关短语

bolster wagon bolster wagons bolster up 支持, 支撑, 巩固; 撑腰 bogie bolster wagon bogie bolster wagons

词源

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”).

来源：wiktionary