| 正面 | 6790.bolster 英 ['bəʊlstə]美 ['bolstɚ]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1.《The prestige of death》：一部法国电影，《Le prestige de la mort》，《死亡的声誉》。2. 谐音“颇热使提及”-----非常的热门、大热、非常的火使其经常、不断地被提及。3. pre + stage 讲台，舞台，在讲台、舞台前站着的人→都是有名望的。n. 支持；长枕vt. 支持；支撑n. (Bolster)人名；(英)博尔斯特 例句： 1. Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.英国可以自由制定政策以振兴经济。 bolster 垫枕，支持词源同ball, 原来指鼓起来的垫子，枕头，护垫等，主要作名词使用。后来做动词使用，指支持，保护。 bolsterbolster: [OE] The idea underlying bolster ‘long pillow’ is of something stuffed, so that it swells up. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *bolstraz, which was a derivative of *bolg-, *bulg- (source also of bellows, belly, billow and possibly bell, bellow, and bold). German has the related polster ‘cushion, pillow’.=> bell, bellow, belly, billow, boldbolster (v.)mid-15c. (implied in bolstered), "propped up, made to bulge" (originally of a woman's breasts), from bolster (n.). Figurative sense is from c. 1500, on the notion of "to support with a bolster, prop up." Related: Bolstering.bolster (n.)Old English bolster "bolster, cushion, something stuffed so that it swells up," especially "long, stuffed pillow," from Proto-Germanic *bolkhstraz (cognates: Old Norse bolstr, Danish, Swedish, Dutch bolster, German polster), from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell" (see belly (n.))." |