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booster

/boo-ster/US // ˈbu stər //UK // (ˈbuːstə) //

助推器,助力器,助推剂,增压器

Related Words

patron赞助人,资助人,主顾,资助者enthusiast热心人士,热心人,热心的人,踊跃promoter推销员,推动者,促进者,推销人员backer支持者,支援者,支持人,后援会sponsor赞助人,赞助者,赞助商,提案人rooter根茎类,根茎类动物,根茎类植物,根茎类药物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
    • : Electricity. a device connected in series with a current for increasing or decreasing the nominal circuit voltage.
    • : Railroads. any machine, device, phenomenon, etc., that helps to move a train, as a tailwind, downgrade, roller bearings, or especially a helper locomotive.
    • : Military. an explosive more powerful than a primer, for ensuring the detonation of the main charge of a shell.
    • : Rocketry. a rocket engine used as the principal source of thrust in the takeoff of a rocket or missile.the first stage containing this engine and its fuel supply, which may or may not be detached from the rocket when the fuel has been consumed.
    • : Medicine/Medical.Also called booster dose, booster shot . a dose of an immunizing substance given to maintain or renew the effect of a previous one.
    • : Pharmacology. a chemical compound, medicinal substance, or the like, that serves as a synergist.
    • : a radio-frequency amplifier for connecting between a radio or television antenna and the receiving set to intensify the received signal.
    • : an auxiliary pump, used in a pipeline or other system, to add to or maintain a prevailing amount of pressure or vacuum.
    • : Slang. a shoplifter or petty thief.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsupporter
Synonyms
backer支持者,支援者,支持人,后援会enthusiast热心人士,热心人,热心的人,踊跃patron赞助人,资助人,主顾,资助者promoter推销员,推动者,促进者,推销人员rooter根茎类,根茎类动物,根茎类植物,根茎类药物sponsor赞助人,赞助者,赞助商,提案人

Examples

  • The Falcon 9 used for this launch is a rarity these days – a brand new vehicle, including a booster being used for the first time.

  • It also held a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, offered grants to local organizations and even funded its own booster group.

  • Following the automated abort of the rocket at T-7 seconds, both the booster and its valuable National Reconnaissance Office payload were said to be safe.

  • He left Louisville early after being accused of using a Honda Accord given to his father by a booster.

  • Three weeks later, they received booster injections of the engineered adenovirus 5 component.

  • The key family of molecules that lead many to look to fish oil as a brain booster are the omega-3 fatty acids.

  • The Benefits of Cheating Cheat days are often thought of as being strictly a mind-booster.

  • The lawyer was even a Cochran booster at one time: “I supported Thad in his first campaign in 1978, a while back.”

  • There is a set of booster vaccines at about kindergarten age, with a little bit of variation from practice to practice.

  • I saw it as an investment for myself, so it is definitely a confidence booster and something that really helps build self-esteem.

  • He was a booster and a joiner, but behind all of his activities was a wistful wonder as to what life holds.

  • Touch-the-button-Nell was talking to a tall fair-moustached man whom I recognised as a black-jack booster.

  • The ship's rockets thrust again—and the booster-circuit came into play.

  • We were sixty light-years away when that booster effect died out.

  • The forward-impact delivered by the Ganeth-Klae booster was terrific, and nausea and vertigo struck us all simultaneously.

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