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词汇 booster
释义 booster
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbuː.stər/ us /ˈbuː.stɚ/

boosternoun[C] (SUPPORT)


something that improves or increases something or makes it stronger: 促进提高的事物;起推动作用的事物
a confidence/morale booster对信心/士气的激励
Vitamin D is believed to be an immune-system booster.
This whole idea is just a profit booster for drug companies.
US
a person who enthusiastically supports or promotes something (= tells people how good it is):
I don't want to come across as a booster for any particular product.
The mayor and town boosters hope the new ballpark will be a catalyst for development.
It's such a morale booster to get messages from home.
Their faith in me was a huge confidence booster.
This way of organizing email is a great productivity booster.
He was a great booster for the baseball club.
The politican remains an ardent booster of Hollywood.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making things better
add salt to somethingidiom
allay
alleviate
alleviation
ameliorate
cultivate
levelling up
lighten
liven (something) up
lubricate
make a differenceidiom
make a world of differenceidiom
remedial
repolish
restructure
revamp
revitalize
revivify
sharpen
tonic

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Supporters, members & defenders

boosternoun[C] (DRUG)


a small amount of a substance that is given to increase the effect of the same substance that was given some time before, to continue to protect a person from illness: (增强药效的)辅助药剂
a polio/tetanus booster
a booster jab/shot/vaccination/vaccine
Vaccine manufacturers said they recommended yearly boosters because they could not prove that all animals received long-term immunity.
The government has approved booster shots for vulnerable people.
If you plan on travelling to North Africa, typhoid and polio boosters are advised.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Medicine in different forms
bactericidal
biopharmaceutical
blister pack
bolus
Caplet
HRT
medication
ointment
palliative
pill
potion
prescribed
prescription
radiation therapy
recommended dose
remedy
RT
scrip
syringe
topically

boosternoun[C] (ENGINE)


an engine on a spacecraft that gives extra power for the first part of a flight: (航天器的)推进器
a rocket booster火箭推进器
a booster rocket
The space shuttle used solid-fuel boosters and a liquid-fuel main engine.
The key advance was the ability to take off toward space in a single stage, without jettisoning boosters.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Space travel
airlock
astronaut
autopilot
biosatellite
blast
cosmonaut
escape velocity
EVA
flyby
launcher
rocket science
rocket scientist
space capsule
space probe
space shuttle
space tourism
space tourist
spacesuit
spacewalk
touchdown

Related word


boost

booster | American Dictionary


booster
noun[ C ]
us/ˈbu·stər/

boosternoun[C] (SUPP0RTER)


an action or thing that improves or increases something:
Winning this game was a great morale booster for the team.
A booster is also someone who is an enthusiastic supporter of something.

boosternoun[C] (ROCKET)


the first stage of a rocket (= object sent into space) that pushes it off the ground

Examples of booster


booster
Possible reinfections and associated booster effects may also lead to higher titres in older animals.
The relevance of a booster dose, especially in these areas, has been under debate [5, 28-30].
Its first stage consists of a booster pump of 270 l 0s connected to both ends of the discharge tube.
Complete vaccination series (including booster) was defined as primary vaccination plus one dose.
These differences were due to the fact that men receive a booster dose against tetanus toxoid on entering military service.
With most of the other forms listed above, it is almost impossible to decide whether we have an adverbial booster or a booster prefix.
The laser consists of a four-pass cavity amplifier section followed by a double-pass booster amplifier section.
The pulse is then guided to the booster section with a 45 mm and a 64 mm amplifier.
Five doses of tetanus vaccine give adequate immunity and routine 10-yearly boosters are no longer recommended [5].
Long-term monitoring of women currently participating in the vaccine trials will be needed to determine whether and when a booster should be given.
He provides collocational data for both boosters and maximisers.
Architects often like to perceive themselves as boosters of innovation.
Will the institutions bioethicists inhabit and their sources of funding reshape their role from intellectual gadfly to commercial booster?
The animals were test bled on the 4th day following the last booster.
But even strictly medical concerns such as route of administration, dosages, and booster administrations became subject to diverging opinions.
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