drift
英 [drɪft]
美[drɪft]
- n. 漂流，漂移；趋势；漂流物
- vi. 漂流，漂移；漂泊
- vt. 使…漂流；使…受风吹积
词态变化
复数: drifts;第三人称单数: drifts;过去式: drifted;过去分词: drifted;现在分词: drifting;
中文词源
drift 漂流
来自drive, 驱动。
英英释意
- 1. a force that moves something along
- 2. the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- 3. a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- 4. something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- 5. a general tendency to change (as of opinion);
- "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
- "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
- 6. general meaning or tenor;
- "caught the drift of the conversation"
- 7. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
- "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
英文词源
- drift
- drift: [13] Drift comes ultimately from the same Germanic base as produced drive, and etymologically means ‘driving or being driven’, but as far as we can tell it did not exist in Old English, and the word as we now have it is a borrowing from other Germanic languages. Its first recorded use is in the sense ‘snowdrift’, which points to Old Norse drift as the source, but later more general applications were probably reinforced by Dutch drift.
=> drive - drift (n.)
- c. 1300, literally "a being driven" (of snow, etc.); not recorded in Old English; either a suffixed form of drive (v.) (compare thrift/thrive) or borrowed from Old Norse drift "snow drift," or Middle Dutch drift "pasturage, drove, flock," both from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (cognates: Danish and Swedish drift, German Trift), from PIE root *dhreibh- "to drive, push" (see drive (v.)). Sense of "what one is getting at" is from 1520s. Meaning "controlled slide of a sports car" attested by 1955.
- drift (v.)
- late 16c., from drift (n.). Figurative sense of "be passive and listless" is from 1822. Related: Drifted; drifting.
同义词辨析
drift, float
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。
考试真题
- Scholars warn that Antarctica's political drift could blur the distinction between military and civilian activities long before the continent's treaties come up for renegotiation, especially in parts of Antarctica that are ideal for intercepting ( ' , 拦截) signals from satellites or retasking satellite systems, potentially enhancing global electronic intelligence operations.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- Beyond the Antarctic treaties, huge obstacles persist to tapping these resources, like drifting icebergs that could jeopardise offshore platforms.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- Over time, the meaning of a word or an expression drifts meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not,blessed.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
- As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away?
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- By feeding the ponies, tourists increase the risk of them getting hit by a car, and make them harder to gather during the area's annual pony drift (迁移).
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- One of the purposes of the annual pony drift is to control the number of ponies.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设
- The purpose of a pony drift is to gather them up so their health can be checked, the baby ones can be stooped from feeding on their mother's milk, and those who've gone beyond their limited area can be returned to their correct area.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
实用场景例句
- The crowd drifted away from the scene of the accident.
- 人群渐渐从事故现场散去。
牛津词典
- Her gaze drifted around the room.
- 她用目光缓缓扫视了一下室内。
牛津词典
- I didn't intend to be a teacher─I just drifted into it.
- 我并没想过当老师——只是顺其自然就当了。
牛津词典
- He hasn't decided what to do yet─he's just drifting.
- 他还没决定做什么——只是顺其自然。
牛津词典
- The conversation drifted onto politics.
- 谈话不知不觉就转到政治方面来了。
牛津词典
- Finally she drifted into sleep.
- 最后她不知不觉地睡着了。
牛津词典
- The empty boat drifted out to sea.
- 空船向海上漂去。
牛津词典
- Clouds drifted across the sky.
- 朵朵浮云在空中飘过。
牛津词典
- Do you catch my drift ?
- 你明白我的大意吗？
牛津词典
- My German isn't very good, but I got the drift of what she said.
- 我的德语不太好，但我大致明白她说的意思。
牛津词典
- Plant daffodils in informal drifts.
- 随便种几丛黄水仙。
牛津词典
- The road was blocked by deep drifts of snow.
- 道路被风吹来的厚厚积雪阻塞。
牛津词典
- He knew the hidden drifts in that part of the river.
- 他对那段河道中的暗流非常清楚。
牛津词典
- the general direction of drift on the east coast
- 东海岸海水的总体流向
牛津词典
- attempts to halt the drift towards war
- 制止逐步走上战争道路的努力
牛津词典
- a population drift away from rural areas
- 农村地区的人口外流
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Grace was beginning to get his drift...
- 格雷丝慢慢明白了他的意思。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There was a drift of smoke above the trees.
- 树林上空飘浮着一股烟。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a nine-foot snow drift.
- 9英尺深的雪堆
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The storm caused severe drifting.
- 暴风雪造成了严重的积雪现象。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the drift towards the cities.
- 涌向城市的趋势
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The climbing balloon drifted silently over the countryside...
- 不断上升的气球静静地飘过乡间。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We proceeded to drift on up the river...
- 我们继续向河流的上游漂流。
柯林斯高阶英语词典