| 词汇 | drift |
| 释义 | drift verb uk /drɪft/ us /drɪft/ C2[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction: （尤指在外力作用下）飘，漂流，漂移 drift out to seaNo one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea.没有人注意到船已经开始漂向大海了。 drift outMany vehicle fatalities are caused by drunken, distracted, or tired drivers drifting out of their lanes. drift inA mist drifted in from the marshes.一阵雾气从沼泽地里飘过来。 drift awayAfter the band stopped playing, people drifted away in twos and threes.乐队演奏结束后，人们便三三两两地散去了。 drift aimlessly figurativeThe talk drifted aimlessly from one subject to another.谈话漫无目的地从一个主题转向另一个主题。 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. [ I or T ] sports specialized in car racing, to use a driving technique(= a method needing skill) that means the car's tyres lose their traction(= their firm hold on the ground) but the driver still has control of the car's direction, used for example when going around a corner fast: She has always been interested in cars and at the age of 21 she learned how to drift. The image shows him drifting his car around a race track bend. When toxic fumes began to drift toward our homes, we were told to evacuate.当有毒烟雾开始朝我们住宅区方向飘移时，我们被通知撤离。 The smoke drifted downwind.烟雾随风飘散。 The boat drifted westwards in the prevailing winds. The damaged boat drifted for days before it was finally taken in tow. The country seems to be drifting towards war.这个国家似乎正慢慢地走向战争。 Slow and moving slowly (as) slow as molassesidiom at a snail's paceidiom by and byidiom by degreesidiom claw your way (somewhere)idiom crawl float hang around in ones and twosidiom inch by inchidiom infiltrate infiltration jog labour sluggish sluggishly sluggishness snail staged wander You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Motor racing On the road: driving & operating road vehicles Idiomdrift with the tide Phrasal verbsdrift apart drift off drift noun uk /drɪft/ us /drɪft/ driftnoun (MEANING)[ S ] the general meaning without the details: 大意，主旨 general drift ofThe general drift of the article was that society doesn't value older people.文章的大意是社会对年长者并不重视。 catch/get someone's driftinformal to understand the general meaning of what someone is saying: 大致明白某人所说的话 She could see from his expression that he caught her drift immediately. if you catch/get my driftinformal used to say that you have left out information or your opinion from what you have just said, but that you expect the person listening still to understand it: 你明白我的意思吧 She's married, but she doesn't act as if she is, if you get my drift.她结婚了，但她表现得不像是结了婚的，你明白我的意思吧。 Meaning & significance acceptation add add up to something backspin be a badge of somethingidiom connotation drive i.e. interpretable locution locutionary mean meaningfully meaningfulness purport sense significant subtext use what's with something?idiom driftnoun (MOVEMENT)[ C ] a pile of snow or something similar, formed by the wind: （风吹积而成的）一堆（雪等） The snow lay in deep drifts.到处是风吹起来的厚厚的雪堆。 Nicola Simeoni/EyeEm/GettyImages [ S or U ] a general development or change in a situation: 局势变化 The downward drift in copper prices looks like it will continue.铜价下跌的趋势看来还要持续下去。 [ C ] sports specialized in car racing, a driving technique in which the car's tyres are made to lose their traction(= their firm hold on the ground) but the driver still has control of the car's direction, used for example when going around a corner fast: To start a drift, you have to make the rear wheels lose traction, which is most commonly done through oversteering. A car with a rear-wheel drive system is much easier to control during a drift. Precipitation: snow & ice anti-icing be snowed inidiom be snowed upidiom boilerplate crevasse drifting glacier hailstorm iceberg icy permafrost precipitation slushy snow day snow devil snow line snowdrift snowfall snowflake generation snowy You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Change and changes Motor racing On the road: driving & operating road vehicles drift | American Dictionarydrift verb[ I ] us/drɪft/ driftverb[I] (MOVE)to move slowly, esp. as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction: He stopped rowing and let the boat drift. Someone or something that drifts changes in a gradual way that seems to be controlled by outside forces: I finally drifted off to sleep. drift noun us/drɪft/ driftnoun (MEANING)[ U ] the general meaning or message of something said or written: After a minute I caught his drift and grinned back. driftnoun (MOVE)[ C ] a gradual change that seems to be controlled by outside forces: Many people experience a drift toward more conservative politics as they get older. [ C ] A drift is also a pile of something that is made larger by the force of the wind: The state police closed the highway because of deep snow drifts. drift | Business Englishdrift verb[ I ] uk /drɪft/us FINANCE to slowly go up or down in value with no particular control over direction: drift lower/down/downwardsThe airline's shares drifted down 15 cents at $5.80. drift higher/up drift noun[ S or U ] uk /drɪft/us FINANCE a slow change in value, with no particular control over direction: an upward/downward drift in sthThe downward drift in copper prices looks set to continue. a slow development or change from one situation to another: drift away from sthThe company is not seeing evidence of any drift away from its premium brands. drift to/toward sthThere has been general unease about the drift toward a culture of selling, marketing, and consumerism. a slow movement from one place to another: a drift from sth to sthThe population drift from the cities to the suburbs adds significantly to car use. See alsowage drift Examples of driftdrift Many firms are drifting because they are uncertain about the appropriate size and role of their inhouse capital projects organization. Obeying the imperative to pursue personal interests in early adulthood the old man and his siblings had drifted apart. Of course, many graptoloids also drifted into shallower water, where they are associated with a more normal kind of fossil assemblage. In reality, police practice drifted benevolently in the uncertainty. Long rates had been drifting upwards from mid-1935 but short rates remained low. As noted above, drifting is frequent and repositioning may be necessary. Initial studies based on this new view were very encouraging, but ultimately the two disciplines drifted apart and the level of collaboration dropped significantly. Now they are slowly coming to be accepted and may even be drifting into mainstream science. The system drifted from an initial phase of large surpluses to increasing deficits and ultimate crisis. Beyond that, the strategy of selectivity ran out of steam, presumably for lack of obvious targets, before it finally drifted into incoherence. Power drifted from the centre to the periphery. The simplest assumption, and the point of departure for most population genetic investigations, is that inversions have drifted (neutrally) to their present frequency. Individual frequencies that are mixed together in order to create sonic masses follow reciprocal types of motion, including undulations, surges, swirls, drifts and dips. As they drifted out to sea, they took 45 minutes to pass the ship. Circular patches of drifting gratings of variable outer diameter are presented monocularly. See all examples of drift These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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