n.[C]

1. 浮標，浮筒
   The Navy discovered some large buoys with Chinese writings on them in the South China Sea.

   海軍在南海上發現一些寫有中文的大浮筒。

2. 救生圈，救生衣

vt.

1. 為……設浮標；用浮標標出
2. 使浮起[H][（+up）]
   buoyed by the water

   浮在水面

3. 支持；鼓勵[H][（+up）]
   Her spirits were buoyed up by hopes of success.

   成功的希望使她振作起來。

n.

v.

1. (usu. be buoyed up) keep afloat.
   ▸cause (a price) to rise to or remain high.
2. mark with a buoy.