bolster
bolster 英 [ˈbəʊlstə(r)] 美 [ˈboʊlstə(r)]
n. 支持；长枕 vt. 支持；支撑
进行时:bolstering 过去式:bolstered 过去分词:bolstered 第三人称单数:bolsters 名词复数:bolsters
- When you cheer up a friend who's feeling down, you bolster them. To bolster is to offer support or strengthen.
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- n. 支持；长枕
- vt. 支持；支撑
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1. I'll bolster you up.
我支持你。
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2. More timbers are needed to bolster the roof of the mine.
需要更多的木材支撑矿顶。
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3. If you have a bolster or several pillows, place your lower back onto the support.
如果你有一个支撑或者一些枕头，将你的下半身靠在这些支撑上。
- bolster (n.) Old English bolster "bolster, cushion, something stuffed so that it swells up," especially "a long, stuffed pillow," from Proto-Germanic *bolkhstraz (source also of Old Norse bolstr, Danish, Swedish, Dutch bolster, German polster), from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell," extended form of root *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell." Applied since 15c. to various parts which support others.
- bolster (v.) mid-15c. (implied in bolstered), "prop up; make to bulge" (originally of a woman's breasts), from bolster (n.). Figurative sense is from c. 1500, on the notion of "to support with a bolster, prop up." Related: Bolstering.
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