buoyant

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1 HAPPYhappy and confident 愉快而自信的

Phil was in a buoyant mood.

菲尔心情愉快。

2 BFbuoyant prices etc tend to rise 〔价格等〕趋于上升的，上涨的

a buoyant economy

欣欣向荣的经济

3 ON/ON TOP OFable to float or keep things floating 易浮起的，有浮力的

Cork is very buoyant.

软木浮性很好。

—buoyantly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

buoyant• the buoyant 22-year-old dancer• A pilot can make Alvin hover, neutrally buoyant.• And in comparison with the South-East, the North's housing market looks positively buoyant.• In the last decade of his life he grew less buoyant.• Plymouth have an appalling away record but they must be buoyant after their Roker Park win.• Sales of bread and sandwiches fell, but were offset by buoyant demand for more expensive sweet lines such as cakes and doughnuts.• Cork is a very buoyant material.• In addition the conquest of the land required a stronger skeleton once the buoyant support of the sea was finally abandoned.• Through the doorway Mrs Beach, buoyant upon her bustle, caught her eye and beckoned.• Yet Daley remained outwardly serene, sometimes buoyant, while all around him the tension was building.

From Longman Business Dictionary

buoyantbuoy·ant /ˈbɔɪəntˈbɔɪənt, ˈbuːjənt/ adjectiveadj

a buoyant market, economy etc is successful and has a lot of trading activity, and prices are rising rather than falling

There is also a buoyant market for expensive Swiss watches.

Sterling lost ground against a buoyant yen.

—buoyancy noun [uncountableU]

The trends in consumer spending scarcely suggest a lack of economic buoyancy.

the continued buoyancy of domestic demand, which grew by 7.7% this year

Origin buoyant

(1500-1600) Spanish boyante, from boyar; → BUOY2

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