单词详解

1. vt. & vi.

(使)漂浮(be in motion due to some air or water current)

Some clouds were floating in the sky.空中漂浮着几多云彩。

2. vi.

游荡(move lightly, as if suspended)

The old man floats about the house with nothing to do.这位老人在屋子里来回转，无所事事。

3. vt.

提出，提请考虑(circulate or discuss tentatively)

The idea was first floated last year.这个意见最初是在去年提出的。

4. n.

A.漂浮物，鱼漂(a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of

 plaster)

When a fish bites the hook, the float will bob.当鱼上钩的时候，鱼漂就会上下跳动。

B.浮有冰淇淋的饮料(a drink with ice cream floating in it)

I'll have a coke float please.我要一杯带冰淇淋的可口可乐。

C.彩车(an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck in a procession or parade)

A huge float paraded through the main street.一辆大型花车上在大街上通过。

D.备用零钱(sum of money used for everyday business expenses)

They have floats for their traveling expenses.他们准备了在路上用的零钱。

相关单词

近义词：drift

反义词：sink

形容词：floatable

过去式：floated

过去分词：floated

现在分词：floating

第三人称单数：floats

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词语辨析：drift, float

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:指因有液体或气体支持而不下沉，可表动态或静态。

词语详解

1. drift:多指随风或顺水飘荡，表示动态。

A tiny boat was drifting slowly along.一只小船在缓缓地漂去。

2. float:指因有液体或气体支持而不下沉，可表动态或静态。

The boy was floating his boat.那个男孩让他的小船漂浮着。