Bolster

(noun.) a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows.

(verb.) support and strengthen; 'bolster morale'.

(verb.) prop up with a pillow or bolster.

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• Jean-Jacques is in fact a supreme case--perhaps even a slight caricature--of the way in which formal creeds bolster up passionate wants. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Well, now, the under sheet you must bring over the bolster,--so--and tuck it clear down under the mattress nice and smooth,--so,--do you see? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The bolster is an upright sleeve bearing, in which the spindle revolves, and against which is sustained the pull of the band that drives the spindle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The long nun proved a long bolster dressed in a long black stole, and artfully invested with a white veil. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• This result was accomplished by making a yielding bolster. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• By making this bolster or sleeve bearing to yield laterally by means of an elastic packing which surrounds it, a much greater freedom and speed of revolution were obtained. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• And we bolster up our satisfaction by pointing to some mistake of logic or some puerility of statement. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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