buoyant
【考法1】adj. 有浮力的: capable of floating
【例】a buoyant balloon 一個能浮起來的氣球
【反】leaden 沉重的
【考法2】adj. 心情好的: having or showing a good mood or disposition
【例】in a buoyant mood 輕鬆快樂的心情
【近】blithe, chipper, eupeptic, lightsome, upbeat, winsome, effervescent
【反】dour, gloomy, morose, saturnine, sullen 沮喪的
burgeon
【考法1】v. 迅速成長擴大,蓬勃發展:to grow and expand rapidly; flourish
【例】My confidence began to burgeon. 我的信心開始迅速增強。
【近】accelerate, accumulate, balloon, boom, build up, escalate, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate,, roll up,
snowball, wax, flourish, prosper
【反】wane, wither, waste away, subside, subdue 衰退
burlesque
【考法1】v. 誇張滑稽地模仿以嘲弄他人的文學藝術作品,惡搞:to copy or exaggerate (someone or something)
in order to make fun of
【例】burlesquing the teacher’s nervous tic isn’t very nice 惡搞老師緊張的痙攣不是好的行為
【近】caricature, imitate, mock, parody, spoof, travesty
burnish
【考法1】v. 擦亮,磨光:to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure
【例】burnish the knife 磨光刀
【近】buff, polish, furbish, grind, smoothen
buttress
【考法1】n. 扶牆: a projecting structure for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building
【近】anchor, mainstay, pillar, reliance, standby
【考法2】vt. 提供支撐的證據或者資訊:to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
【例】a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor’s case 大量支持起訴人案件的證據
