| 词汇 | float |
| 释义 | float verb uk /fləʊt/ us /floʊt/ floatverb (NOT SINK)B1[ I ] to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink: 漂浮 An empty bottle will float.空瓶子能浮起来。 float inYou can float very easily in the Dead Sea because it's so salty. float onLily pads float on the surface of the pond. We lashed together anything that would float to make a raft.我们把所有能漂浮的东西都捆绑在一起来做一个筏子。 The body hit the water, floated for a few seconds, and then sank to the bottom of the river. In science we learned about density, and why oil floats on water. In the pool, several ladies were floating on their backs, like starfish, with their arms and legs stretched out. "My rubber duck won't float any more!" "Oh dear - it's all full of water, that's why." Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking bail out buoy buoyancy buoyant buoyantly capsize floatation flotation founder ground kickboard outrigger refloat ride run run aground/ashoreidiom scupper scuttle sunken waterlogged floatverb (MOVE)B1[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ] to (cause to) move easily through, or along the surface of a liquid, or to (cause to) move easily through air: （使）漂流;（使）浮动;（使）飘动;（使）飘移 float downWe spent a lazy afternoon floating down the river. float alongIt feeds by simply floating along the water and scooping up fish. float out toHe tossed the bottle into the waves and watched it float out to sea.他把瓶子扔到浪中，看着它漂向大海。 float something on somethingThe children enjoy floating their boats on the pond in the park.孩子们喜欢把玩具船放在公园的池塘里玩。 Fluffy white clouds were floating across the sky.绒毛似的白云在天空中飘过。 figurativeThe sound of piano-playing floated out through the open window.从开着的窗户中飘出钢琴的声音。 to move slowly crawlThere'd been a bad accident on the motorway and traffic was crawling. trundleLorries trundle through the narrow lanes. creepHe crept downstairs, hardly making any noise. trudgeThey trudged wearily through the snow. strollWe spent the afternoon strolling around Budapest. ambleHe ambled over to the window. [ Iusually+ adv/prep ]literary to move smoothly and attractively: 优雅地移动，飘然移动 She sort of floats around, like a ballet dancer.她像个芭蕾舞演员，步态轻盈。 [ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to move or act without purpose: 漂泊；游荡 float around/aboutSince he lost his job, he's just floated around/about doing nothing.自从失业后，他就四处游荡，无所事事。 She stopped rowing and let the boat float with the stream.她不再划，任由小船顺流漂荡。 He floated through his exams with no problems whatsoever. From the riverbank he watched the boats float past. He let go of the string and the balloon floated off into the distance. He floats past defenders as if they weren't there. Movement on or through water buoyantly cast cast someone adriftidiom dabble dip dip in something hydroplane outsail paddle paddler raft row sail slingshot smoothness surface swim tack wade wallow You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Movement through the air Slow and moving slowly Passive and not working floatverb (SUGGEST)[ T ] to suggest a plan or an idea to be considered: 提出，提请考虑（计划或想法） float an ideaLaura has floated the idea that we should think about expanding into Europe next year.劳拉提议，我们应该考虑明年拓展打入欧洲市场。 Suggestions & proposals about bounce something off someone can't co-sponsor co-sponsorship drop make noisesidiom maybe move mover nod nomination on the tableidiom proposition put ideas into someone's headidiom put someone to somethingidiom put something in put something up resubmission table floatverb (CHANGE VALUE)[ I or T ] finance & economics specialized to allow the value of a country's money to change according to the value of other countries' money: （使）（货币）实现汇率自由浮动 Argentina decided to let its currency float freely against the dollar.阿根廷政府决定让其货币汇率对美元自由浮动。 Economics accommodative anti-economic anti-inflation anti-inflationary anti-recession buyer's market deindustrialization economic economist Great Recession gross domestic product HDI human development index Keynesian monetarism monetary recession reflate retrench squeeze floatverb (BUSINESS)[ T ] to start selling shares in a business or company for the first time（公司或企业）首次发行（股票）上市 Success & failure in business administration axe bankrupt bankruptcy be running on fumesidiom belly charter dying fold go belly upidiom go darkidiom go into administration go to the wallidiom growth hacker receiver shut (something) down shut up shopidiom sinking shipidiom soft launch spin something off Idiomsbe floating on air float someone's boat float someone a loan Phrasal verbfloat around float noun uk /fləʊt/ us /floʊt/ floatnoun (MONEY)[ S ]UK a small amount of money kept by someone who works in a bar, etc., used for giving customers their change（酒吧等用于给顾客找零的）备用零钱 Amounts of money appropriation balance bank bounty buck capital circumstance coin fisc holdback living wage money supply nut payout pool sub sum trough wherewithal your daily breadidiom floatnoun (VEHICLE)[ C ] a large vehicle with a flat surface that is decorated and used in festivals: 彩车，花车 carnival floats狂欢节彩车 MarieAppert/iStockEditorial/GettyImagesPlus/GettyImages Carnival, fairground & circus acrobatics aerialist amusement park big dipper big top clownishly coconut shy contortionist custard pie dodgem fairground juggle juggler juggling loop the loopidiom merry-go-round midway tightrope trapeze artist unicycle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Trucks, vans & caravans floatnoun (NOT SINK)[ C ] a light object that floats on the surface of the water and is used to keep a fishing net, or the bait on a fishing line, in a particular position: Fishing nets are often held in position by floats. Dan Thornberg/EyeEm/GettyImages [ C ]UK(USkickboard) a light object that floats on water and that you hold onto when learning to swim: 浮板；漂浮物；浮子 Hold the float in front of you and kick your legs. Creative Crop/Photodisc/GettyImages [ C ] a toy animal or other object that is filled with air and played with or sat on in swimming pools: A pool float has now become a holiday essential. Marija Stepanovic/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Hunting & fishing angler angling anti-hunt anti-hunter anti-hunting barb fishhook fishing line fishing rod fly fishing fox hunt outfish overfishing piscatory poach poaching ravening whaler whaling yoicks You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking Toys & dolls floatnoun (DRINK)[ C ] a drink with ice cream on the top: 加冰激凌的饮料 I'll have a root beer float, please.请给我来一杯加冰激凌的根汁汽水。 fotografstockholm/E+/GettyImages Soft drinks apple juice Arnold Palmer bitter lemon blackcurrant boba cream soda dalgona coffee egg cream energy drink frappé near beer non-alcoholic noncola OJ orange juice slimline soda pop soda water soft drink Vichy water float | American Dictionaryfloat verb us/floʊt/ floatverb (MOVE ON LIQUID)[ I/T ] to stay or move easily on or over the surface of a liquid, or to cause something to move in this way: [ I ]An empty bottle will float on water. [ I ]I’d float around for hours, just fishing. [ T ]Fill the cups with hot coffee and float heavy cream on top. [ I ]We spent a lazy afternoon floating down the river. [ I ]fig. She removes the pins and her hair floats (= moves gracefully) down around her. [ I ]fig. Reports have been floating around (= heard from various people) that the company might be for sale. [ I/T ] Float also means to move easily through air: [ I ]Fluffy white clouds were floating across the sky. floatverb (MONEY)[ T ] to sell bonds (= official papers given to people who lend money to a government or company): Cities float bond issues that are payable from property taxes. float noun[ C ] us/floʊt/ floatnoun[C] (VEHICLE)a large vehicle that is decorated and used in parades (= public celebrations in which people march, walk, and ride along a planned route): Marching bands and elaborate floats will be featured in the parade. floatnoun[C] (DRINK)a sweet drink with ice cream floating in it: a root beer float floatnoun[C] (MOVE ON LIQUID)a piece of light material that stays on the surface of water: the float in a toilet tank float | Business Englishfloat verb uk /fləʊt/us [ I or T ] STOCK MARKET to offer new shares or bonds for sale on a financial market: The authority has recently floated a $170 million bond to pay for some of the installation costs. [ I or T ] STOCK MARKET to sell shares on a stock market for the first time in order to finance a new company: There are several new businesses looking to float. float (sth) on the stock market/stock exchange etc.The group is planning to float on the New York Stock Exchange later this year. float at $3/200p/ etc. (a share)The stock was floated at 233p a share last July and closed up 3.75p last night at 286.25p. Last January the chief executive said he would only float the company if there was a "dramatic" revival in the market. [ I or T ] ECONOMICS if a country floats its currency, or if the currency floats, the government no longer controls its value in relation to the value of other currencies: Central Bank is planning to stop letting the peso float freely. [ T ] to make a suggestion, especially one for doing something that is different from what has been done in the past: float an idea/proposal/suggestionThe partnership idea was floated at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing last year. [ I ] FINANCE if a price or amount floats, it changes: In the space of a few weeks, stock valuation floated up by 15%. float noun uk /fləʊt/us [ C ] STOCK MARKET (mainly UK alsoflotation) a situation in which a company offers shares for sale on a stock market for the first time: The stock has been one of the great out-performers of recent times, rising more than 90% since the company's float 11 years ago. The planned flotation of the new Internet portal has been postponed. a $90 billion/£350 million, etc. floatBank of China is poised to file for $8 bn float. Shares are currently below their 330p-a-share float price. Companies must file an initial registration statement under the Exchange Act before commencing a public float. [ S ] ECONOMICS a situation in which a government no longer controls the value of its country's currency in relation to the value of other currencies: The float of the currency triggered a period of turbulence in Asian financial markets. See also dirty float [ U ] BANKING money that becomes available for a bank to spend before customers' cheques are paid: The speed of electronic processing has all but eliminated the need for float. [ C ] COMMERCE cash that is available to give as change to customers at the start of business each day [ C ] MONEY UK → petty cash Examples of floatfloat The third example involves the idea of floating, a theme cherished by several twentieth-century architects. In the case of 2 0 we recover this current (assuming the integrand remains finite), and hence the floating potential. Large and heavily infected snails are more frequently observed on the floating vegetation in the stream. The system would eventually have 3300 floats each profiling around 25 times every year and the data is almost real-time (1-2 days delay). The floats remain almost a day on the surface for transmission of data. The movement of the floats is graphed using straight lines for each cycle of the floats. As a result, the floating mora contributed by the prefix cannot dock onto the stressed syllable when it already contains a moraic coda. Here we see instances of stability, spreading, floating tone, downstep and chainshift, although not all in the same language. The fact that the floating potential must be found as part of the solution raises questions about the well-posedness of the problem. The term ' fog ' stands for a multitude of tiny water droplets floating in air. The launcher pulse was superimposed on the floating potential of the launcher to ensure minimal plasma disturbance by the launcher between the pulses. The first term is the usual floating potential without the beam and the negative ions. Pieces of the false keel floated to the surface, but the ship was quickly refloated and found not to be leaking. The piece of ice changed direction and floated to the firm land. Synesthetically inspired by floating visions - imagery slowed down to artificial sound and found soundscape objects. See all examples of float These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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