Bolster

　　











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靠枕,支持物



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–noun 

1. a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, 

etc. 

2. anything resembling this in form or in use as a support. 

3. any pillow, cushion, or pad. 

4. Nautical. 

a. Also called bolster plate. a circular casting on the side of a vessel, through which an anchor chain passes. 

b. a timber used as a temporary support. 

c. a beam for holding lines or rigging (索具) without chafing. 

d. a bag filled with buoyant material, fitted into a small boat. 

 

5. Metalworking. an anvillike (鐵砧) support for the lower die (鋼模) of a drop forge. 

6. Masonry. 

a. a timber or the like connecting two ribs of a centering. 

b. a chisel (鑿子) with a blade splayed (拓寬) toward the edge, used for cutting bricks. 

 

7. Carpentry. a horizontal timber on a post for lessening the free span of a beam. 

8. a structural member on which one end of a bridge truss (紮) rests.  



–verb (used with object) 

9. to support with or as with a pillow or cushion.  



10. to add to, support, or uphold (sometimes fol. by up): 



They bolstered their [morale] by singing. 

He bolstered [up] his claim with new evidence.  



—Synonyms 

1. See cushion. 10. strengthen, sustain, aid, reinforce, fortify.



Cushion, pillow, bolster agree in being cases filled with a material more or less resilient, intended to be used as supports for the body or parts of it. 



A cushion is a soft pad used to sit, lie, or kneel on, or to lean against: cushions on a sofa; cushions on pews (教堂座席) in a [church].



A pillow is a bag or case filled with feathers, down (絨毛), or other soft material, usually to support the head: to [sleep] with a pillow under one's head. 



A bolster is a firm pillow, long enough to extend the width of a bed and used as head support, with or without a pillow. 





　　

Notably, film uses [no] docu footage or devices like newspaper headlines to bolster the ongoing sense of the war and Nazi power waning. 



Focus is always on the (sizable) cast of central characters, and even Rachel/Ellis' Jewishness becomes almost peripheral [to] the action. 



Both that and all the characters' conflicted emotions are treated in an unsentimental, practical way as the tumblers in Soeteman's tightly constructed script [click] into place.



tumbler 

1. 翻筋斗者,雜技演員

2. 平底無腳酒杯,一杯的容量

3. 鎖的制動栓

4.【機】轉臂,轉筒,擺動換向齒輪,轉向輪





template 

Such is the [template] to which Verhoeven [cleaves] 

cylinder

candelabras (candelabrum) 

Pallet