n.[C]

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

   海军在南海上发现一些写有中文的大浮筒。

2. 救生圈，救生衣

vt.

1. 为……设浮标；用浮标标出
2. 使浮起[H][（+up）]
   buoyed by the water

   浮在水面

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

   成功的希望使她振作起来。

n.

v.

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