这两个词都可表示“漂浮”,前者可动也可不动,后者只指“漂动”。试比较:
The logs float on the river.
圆木在河上漂浮着。
The logs floated down the river.
圆木沿河流而下。
The logs drifted down the river.
圆木沿河流而下。
这两个动词均有“漂流,漂浮”之意。
drift多指随风或顺水飘荡,表示动态。
float可与drift换用,但侧重指因有液体或气体所支持而不下沉,可表动态或静态。
谐音记忆法
谐音:浮了它-小船漂浮在水面
也可以谐音:“浮篓”---- 浮篓顺水漂,漂到桃花源。
单词用法
float的基本意思是指在空气中、水面上或其他平滑的表面上轻盈地漂浮或不费力地迅速滑动,引申可指汇率、价格浮动,也可指人漫无目的地游来荡去。可用作不及物动词或及物动词,用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。
重要短语
float glass[化]浮法玻璃
float on浮在…上
float valve浮阀
ball float浮球;球状浮子
The dual carburetor has a float bowl that partly surrounds the carburetor air horn.
双浮子气化器有一个浮子室,它局部环绕着化油器的空气室.
来源:词典精选例句59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely.
59%的人认为应该允许英镑自由浮动。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》顾问们对于发行60%还是100%股份的关键问题迟迟未作决定。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》An outsize cotton shoes was mounted on a huge float and paraded through the main street.
一双特大的布鞋装在大型花车上在大街上通过.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Stare at the blue sky ( a calming color ) and watch the clouds float by.
凝视蓝天 ( 蓝色令人平静 ) ,细看云朵飘过.
来源:网络文摘精选If you will only keep at a distance, I may float down in safety.
只要你和我保持一定的距离, 我就可以安全地漂下去.
来源:词典精选例句While there is still sufficient trapped air within the container to keep it buoyant, it will float.
只要容器里还留有足够的空气,它就会漂浮着。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》A decision by the Finns to float their currency sent a shudder through the foreign exchanges.
芬兰允许其货币自由浮动的决定在外汇市场上引起了震动。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Days are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless night.
日是五彩缤纷的气泡,漂浮在无尽的夜的表面.
来源:网络文摘精选It was decided to float the pound because a fixed value was damaging exports.
决定浮动英镑的汇率,因为固定汇率不利于出口贸易.
来源:《简明英汉词典》The water would float in drops in the air, The water is in the special gun.
水会以水滴的方式悬浮在空气中.水是放在特殊的枪里的.
来源:网络文摘精选Tip lowest float ( stop float ), all pumps should remain off.
最低尖端浮子 ( 关闭浮子 ), 所有泵都应该保持关闭状态.
来源:网络文摘精选Tim two or three times in water, dumplings all float, swelling, and you can fish out.
添两、三次水, 饺子全都浮起来, 鼓鼓的, 即可捞出.
来源:网络文摘精选该函数在外部由封装了特定舍入方式的Float2IntRounder策略类提供.
来源:网络文摘精选Through the open windows snatches of melody float on the night air.
乐曲断断续续地从敞开的窗户中飘出,在夜空中回荡.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》We left him there to float off with the tide, and told him to follow the coast.
我们把他放在那里,让他随波漂流,并且告诉他要沿着海岸线走。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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