boosters

英 [ˈbuːstəz]

美 [ˈbustərz]

n.  助推火箭; (电器的)增压机，升压器; 加强剂量
booster的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 有正面效果的事物；起推动作用的事物
  Aboosteris something that increases a positive or desirable quality.
  1. It was amazing what a morale booster her visits proved...
     令人惊诧的是，她的访问大大鼓舞了士气。
  2. Praise is a great confidence booster.
     赞扬是一种很好的信心增强剂。
• N-COUNT 火箭助推器；推进器
  Aboosteris an extra engine in a machine such as a space rocket, which provides an extra amount of power at certain times.
  1. Ground controllers will then fire the booster, sending the satellite into its proper orbit.
     然后地面控制人员将会发射推进器，把卫星送入正常轨道。
• 加强剂量
  Aboosteris a small injection of a drug that you have some time after a larger injection, in order to make sure that the first injection will remain effective.
• N-COUNT 拥护者；热心支持者
  Aboosteris someone who supports a sports team, organization, person, or place very enthusiastically.
  1. A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.
     皮尔斯先生的一个前合伙人是这个计划的热心支持者之一。
  2. ...the university's biggest athletic booster club.
     该大学最大的体育爱好者俱乐部

双语例句

• A major exception, the space shuttle orbiter, uses three onboard liquid-fuel main engines supplied by a disposable external tank and a pair of solid-fuel boosters to reach space.
  一个主要的例外是航天飞机轨道飞行器，它使用三个随之携带的液体燃料的重要引擎到达宇宙，而这又是由一个可任意使用的外部箱和一对固体燃料后援器来供给的。
• Previous studies have found that both folate and beta-carotene are brain boosters, but this study is the first to evaluate the benefits vitamin K has on the brain.
  之前的研究发现叶酸和-葫萝卜素都是大脑助推器，但是这项研究是第一次评估出维他命K对大脑的益处。
• He chose the GM buses because they use an automatic transmission and diesel boosters that provide power to scale inclines without strain.
  他之所以选择美国通用汽车是因为他们使用的是自动转换装置和能够提供动力来测量没有张力的斜坡的柴油推进器。
• The modules can serve as boosters or core stages.
  这些模块可作为助推器或核心阶段。
• Did one of the solid rocket boosters somehow burn through its casing?
  是否是其中一个助推火箭的外壳因某种原因被烧穿？
• When the boosters have helped to lift a space station into orbit, they separate from it and return to the earth.
  助推火箭把太空站推入轨道后，就自行脱落返回地球。
• Leading memory experts, however, are skeptical about ginkgo and other brain boosters.
  然而，有影响的记忆专家们对银杏和其它的健脑制剂表示怀疑。
• The efforts of the city's boosters eventually paid off, and Atlanta became known as'Capital of the New South.
  城市支持者们的努力最终得到了回报，亚特兰大成为‘新南方的首府’。
• A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.
  皮尔斯先生的一个前合伙人是这个计划的热心支持者之一。
• David Cameron last week said that he wanted to put "rocket boosters" under the welfare system, which sounds like a poor scheme to me.
  戴维卡梅伦（davidcameron）上周称，他希望在社会福利体系下面装上“火箭推进器”，在我听来这可不是什么好计划。