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Drift Verb Movement 例:The Drifting N Count Snow Wind

单词 drift
音标
英[drɪft] 美[drɪft]
解释
vi.流动;随意移动;漂泊;浮现;vt.漂流;堆积成堆;n.漂移,偏移;趋势,动向;大意;放任自流;
例句

VERB
飘移;漂流
When something drifts somewhere, it is carried there by the movement of wind or water.
例:We proceeded to drift on up the river...我们继续向河流的上游漂流。
例:The climbing balloon drifted silently over the countryside...不断上升的气球静静地飘过乡间。

VERB
无意间进入;不知不觉陷入
If someone or something drifts into a situation, they get into that situation in a way that is not planned or controlled.
例:We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values...我们需要给那些无意间犯了罪的年轻人灌输另一套价值观。
例:She and her husband drifted apart and, eventually, they divorced...她和她丈夫渐行渐远,最后他们离婚了。

VERB
流浪;漂泊
If you say that someone drifts around, you mean that they travel from place to place without a plan or settled way of life.
例:You've been drifting from job to job without any real commitment.你一直在无目的地更换工作,从未真正投入进去。

N-COUNT
移动;动向;趋势;逐渐变化
A drift is a movement away from somewhere or something, or a movement towards somewhere or something different.
例:...the drift towards the cities.涌向城市的趋势

VERB
缓慢移动;逐渐移动
To drift somewhere means to move there slowly or gradually.
例:As rural factories shed labour, people drift towards the cities.由于农村的工厂纷纷裁员,人们逐渐流向城市。

VERB
(声音等)传到,传出
If sounds drift somewhere, they can be heard but they are not very loud.
例:Cool summer dance sounds are drifting from the stereo indoors.清凉的夏日舞曲的声音从室内音响中传了出来。

VERB
(雪)吹积,堆积
If snow drifts, it builds up into piles as a result of the movement of the wind.
例:The snow, except where it drifted, was only calf-deep...除了吹得堆积起来的地方,雪只有小腿肚深。
例:The storm caused severe drifting.暴风雪造成了严重的积雪现象。

N-COUNT
雪堆
A drift is a mass of snow that has built up into a pile as a result of the movement of wind.
例:...a nine-foot snow drift.9英尺深的雪堆

N-COUNT
吹积物;飘浮物;漂流物
A drift of something is an amount of it that has been created by the movement of wind or water.
例:There was a drift of smoke above the trees.树林上空飘浮着一股烟。

N-SING
(论点或演说的)主旨,大意
The drift of an argument or speech is the general point that is being made in it.
例:Grace was beginning to get his drift...格雷丝慢慢明白了他的意思。
例:Anybody who's listening will get the drift of what he was saying...任何一个在专心听的人都会领悟他所说的大意。
变形
third:drifts~done:drifted~pl:drifts~ing:drifting~past:drifted~

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