bolster
长枕头,支持,长枕,长椅
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Definitions
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- : a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- : anything resembling this in form or in use as a support.
- : any pillow, cushion, or pad.
- : Nautical. Also called bolster plate .a circular casting on the side of a vessel, through which an anchor chain passes.a timber used as a temporary support.a beam for holding lines or rigging without chafing.a bag filled with buoyant material, fitted into a small boat.
- : Metalworking. an anvillike support for the lower die of a drop forge.
- : Masonry. a timber or the like connecting two ribs of a centering.a chisel with a blade splayed toward the edge, used for cutting bricks.
- : Carpentry. a horizontal timber on a post for lessening the free span of a beam.
- : a structural member on which one end of a bridge truss rests.
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- : to support with or as with a pillow or cushion.
- : to add to, support, or uphold: They bolstered their morale by singing. He bolstered up his claim with new evidence.
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Examples
We recommend getting a bed with bolsters, which provide a sense of security and satisfies their natural instinct to dig and burrow.
To bolster my case I told him we should actually call it Pursuito, like Vertigo or Psycho.
Low-income work was a necessity, either to make up for the absence of a man or to bolster his own low-income paycheck.
Critics also argue the military assistance may be coming too late to bolster mainstream rebels.
This will likely get worse as police bolster their web surveillance capabilities.
“This reduces a potential drag to the economy and will bolster growth for the remainder of 2014,” Handler notes.
After you have repeated the Correlation, then repeat the two extremes, thus—“Anchor” … “Bolster.”
The motive of this harmless ruse was to bolster up Spanish prestige and thereby avoid bloodshed.
If there is no bolster, two pillows are sometimes laid flat in its place, and two pillows set on edge upon them.
If shams are used they should be spread over the pillows and bolster as smoothly as possible.
If you are preparing the bed for a stranger put the bolster and pillows back on the bed and allow the guest to arrange them later.