单词 | bolstered |
释义 | bolstered, ppl. a.|ˈbəʊlstəd| [f. prec. + -ed.] 1. Propped up, supported.
1566Drant Horace Sat. iv. C, Mars broke brasen bars, bare boulstred boulwarkes backe. 2. a. Padded, stuffed out.
1656Artif. Handsomeness 44 A bumbast or bolstered garment. 1840New Month. Mag. LVIII. 455 Privilege..in itself but the bolstered title for abuse. b. With up in sense of bolster v. 4 b.
1901Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 7/3 There is a fearful lot of over-trading and bolstered-up credit..in German industrials. |

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