PTE备考词汇：buoy

buoy

UK:  [bɔɪ]

US:  [bɔɪ]

复数：buoys  现在分词：buoying  过去分词：buoyed  

n.

1.浮标,浮筒

2.浮标,浮子

3.浮体

4.浮圈,救生圈

5.浮杆

6.浮漂

7.救生具

8.救生用具

v.

1.用浮标指示

2.浮,浮上

3.使浮起〔比喻〕支持,鼓励

4.支撑,支持

5.振奋,一振;搞得飘飘然

1 . a small float used on a fishing line or net to buoy up the line or net or to indicate when a fish bites.
钓鱼线或鱼网上的小鱼漂，使线或网浮在水面上或用于显示鱼上钩。

2 . Under the scorching sun, an old man sat by the bank staring at the buoy on the river. From dawn to dusk he still got nothing in his hands.
烈日下，一老翁坐在岸边，两眼一动不动的盯着河面的浮标，从日出到日落，依然两手空空，老翁却怡然自得，乐在其中。

3 . To see how the tool kits compared, I decided to use that same program to put Buoy through its paces.
为了看出工具包之间的对比情况，我决定使用Buoy来构建这同一个程序。

4 . As she looked out of the window she saw a buoy in the water that she had never seen before.
她朝窗外望去，看到湖面上漂着一个以前从没见过的救生圈。

5 . In 2005, she lost her tail after getting caught in the buoy line of a crab trap and was forced to rely on her human rescuers to survive.
2005年，它缠在一张捕蟹网的浮标线上，然后就失去了尾鳍，靠着救援人员才活了下来。