buoyant

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having buoyancy; able to float.
    — And of course, in order to understand the Earth's past and how it got to where it now is, it is important to have a basic knowledge of plate tectonics, which explains how the planet's continental and oceanic crusts are part of the lithospheric plates that are buoyant and ride upon the highly viscous asthenosphere.
  2. Lighthearted and lively. figuratively
    — I’m in a buoyant mood.
  3. Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity. (of an economy, business etc.)
    — [...] the accelerated, high-frequency East Coast express timetable, operating this year in a buoyant economic environment, is beginning to attract more business travel to rail (although there is still a long way to go before the potential is fully realised); [...].

词形变化

more buoyant comparative most buoyant superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
buoyantly buoyantness nonbuoyant overbuoyant semibuoyant superbuoyant unbuoyant
相关词
buoyancy buoy buoy up buoying Archimedes' principle

词源

Etymology tree
English buoy
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English buoyant
From buoy + -ant.
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