Buoyant & Buoy

buoyant

Y

D



–adjective 

1. tending to float in a fluid. 

2. capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid. 

3. not easily depressed; cheerful. 

4. cheering or invigorating.  



—Synonyms 

3. happy, lighthearted, breezy, jaunty, sunny.





　

Also making the Canuck trek (艱苦跋涉,牛拉車) after Venice are Jonathan Demme "Rachel Getting Married," Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker" and Darren Aronofsky "The Wrestler." 



These three are [slotted] consecutively 

in the Lido second half 

to ensure that the buzz level remains buoyant.



flamboyant 

Tony 









buoy



Y

浮標,救生衣



D



–noun 

1. Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring (停泊) place away from the shore. 

2. a life buoy.  



–verb (used with object) 

3. to keep afloat or support by or as if by a life buoy; keep from sinking (often fol. by up): The life jacket buoyed her [up] until help arrived. 

4. Nautical. to mark with a buoy or buoys. 

5. to sustain or encourage (often fol. by up): Her courage was buoyed by the doctor's assurances.  



–verb (used without object) 

6. to float or rise by reason of lightness.  



—Synonyms 

5. lift, uplift, boost, lighten; maintain, nurture.





　

A kaleidoscopic but engrossing study of the shifting sands of friendship among a group of Parisians, "Late August, Early September" reps a major advance by writer-director Olivier Assayas in warmth and maturity of observation. 



Shot in a slightly grainy, elliptical style 

but 

buoyed by terrific ensemble playing from its varied cast, 



this tres Gallic relationships pic will appeal to upscale auds on the arthouse circuit but will need strong critical support to make much of a theatrical dent outside France, given the lack of star names and hooks to mark it out from the mass of similar movies.





tempestuous blustery

dinghy

jettison

flotsam is floating debris made up of the wreckage of ship and its cargo.

jetsam is debris they [jettison] in hopes of saving the ship.

keel 

hull davit

Beleaguer